Contrary to the knee-jerk reactions we see after every half-inning, much less every game, one month does not guarantee success or failure in Major League Baseball. Sure, teams would rather sprint out to an early division lead than try and dig their way out of a hole, but there’s a lot of baseball yet to be played.
Still, we can only judge a team based on the games they’ve already played. Actually, that’s not entirely true. We can judge a team based on the games they’ve already played—and compare those results to the expectations surrounding the team heading into the regular season.
That’s exactly how we’ll come up with our approval ratings, where what works for one team will fall flat with another.
Seeing as how nobody is ever fully satisfied, we’ll cap our approval ratings at 85 percent. There’s always room for improvement.