Before we begin to make some data-influenced observations about the Phantoms, let’s get acquainted with the data tracking project.
This season, I’ve gone back to my roots. By which I mean that I’ve gotten to start back up an ongoing — albeit a little sporadic — project of tracking microstats from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms games, all as a nice way to get pretty granular about how things are going for the team this season, in a season where the stakes feel like they’ve never been higher. It’s all a process indeed, but it’s coming together and it has come together thanks in large part to the work of my lovely data tracking partner in crime Brad Keffer (everyone say thank you, Brad!