As we wait for numbers to stabilize as sample size grows, most of us are futilely looking for anything in the data that might be something. In my piece last week, I looked at some way too early things that might be trends and included the fact that Steven Kwan had big differences in his 2022 versus 2023 swing rate, swinging strike rate, and walk-per-strikeout rate. This was only through 25 PA, so it was officially nothing, but worth watching.
With more than twice as many plate appearances (55), his stats are coming down toward “normal” — if you can call a sample size of one season normal.