https://downonthefarm.substack.com/p/what-can-we-gain-by-visually-evaluating
"We visually analyzed and coded Luis Peña (MIL) and Jesús Made’s (MIL) swing decisions in the five games before and after their 2025 High-A call-ups to discern whether Peña’s struggles and Made’s success at the level could be predicted by a small sample of decision data alone"
@brewmann04 I'm sure most people know this, but just to put a bow on it, Knoth pitched yesterday in the ACL.
https://www.milb.com/gameday/acl-brewers-vs-acl-padres/2026/05/02/844503/final/box
I saw something a few weeks ago about sample sizes and slumps and someone mentioned that during Barry Bonds' historic season in 2001 he had a 24 game stretch mid season where he went 195/421/403/823. That seems almost impossible given he ended up with an OPS of 1.379 but shows that 24 games does not a season make.
It also shows that slumps in mid-season are harder to spot than slumps at the beginning of the season.