No Yankee came into the 2020 season with more pressure than Giancarlo Stanton. After a good-but-not-great 2018, an injury-plagued 2019 and two underwhelming playoff performances, Stanton hadn’t lived up to his reputation in New York. Early on this year, it looks like Stanton is finally consistently performing at the level Yankees fans gushed over when they acquired him on that snowy weekend in December 2017.
Cooper evaluated Stanton’s excellent start last week, but Stanton has gone just 1-14 since. Blame the Pinstripe Alley jinx? Not quite. This mini “slump” is more about Stanton getting unlucky with his batted ball data than anything else.