When he’s on, Giancarlo Stanton is on. The shot he hit on April 2nd was superhuman, yet felt totally reasonable. If somebody told me Stanton hit a ball to Brooklyn, I might believe it. In 2022, though, Yankee fans watched Big G whiff on pitches breaking away from him out of the zone on a more consistent basis than ever.
Don’t get me wrong — he has above average plate discipline as a whole. For these purposes, I’m talking only about pitches in this specific location. Both his chase rate and whiff rate are through the roof in these zones only.