re: Is it that time of year where we pretend spring games actually mean anything?

Spring games don't mean nothing, but they don't mean a whole lot either. Getting indications of capabilities of a new team with new players in a semi-live environment with fans loaded into a stadium is the closest model you get to a game in the off season.

And anyway, they're fun to watch. What else are we gonna talk about in April and you aren't allowed to say baseball