The Red Sox slugger is renowned for using video to make adjustments, but players are banned from doing that in 2020
The stretch run of the abbreviated 2020 MLB regular season has arrived. There are six days remaining in the season, then 16 clubs will venture into the postseason. The best-of-three Wild Card Series will be followed by the LDS and LCS in bubbles in Southern California and Texas. The World Series will take place at Globe Life Field in Arlington.
With that in mind, it’s time for our weekly look at various trends around the league. Last week we examined the White Sox’s recent hot streak, among other things. Now here are three other trends to keep an eye on.
Countless star players have struggled during this unusual, short season full of complications and stresses. Christian Yelich is hitting .214. Javier Baez is slugging .355. Jose Altuve owns a .596 OPS. Weird things happen in small samples — yes, 60 games is still a small sample in baseball — then add all the COVID-19 protocols on top of that, and you have a recipe for down years.