Small Sample Sizes | Giants 9, Rockies 2

It's the beauty of early-season baseball.

There's beauty in small sample sizes. That's part of what makes the opening weeks of the season so fun.

The 6-24 Cincinnati Reds started 1-0. Joey Bart was a .333 hitter a week into the season. Now? He doesn't have a hit this month.

Bart's counterpart, Curt Casali, entered Tuesday night's game with seven hits scattered across seven games. A .189 hitter in every sense.

Then he erupted for three knocks in the Giants' 9-2 win. Now he's batting .250. His OPS shot up from the .400s to the .600s. He's only a game away from hitting .389—or .189.