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The Scutaro Phenomenon: Progression to the Mean

We had a heated debate a while back.

I argued for more playing time for Scutaro, since I contended that he was likely to exceed his career OPS for the rest of the year given the horrible start he endured for the first two months. Others disagreed, saying the rest of his season would be essentially random-- he had as much chance of having a lower OPS than his career mark as having a higher OPS.

Well, here are the facts. At his nadir on June 2nd, Marco's OPS was 495.

Since then he is 306-344-484 for an OPS of 828, and his seasonal total is now very close to his career mark.