It’s still very early in the season, a preamble I feel obligated to write in every article in April and May. The Cardinals have played 24 games, or a little more than 14% of the season. If the 2019 season was The Godfather (1972), we might not have even seen Jack Woltz spooning with Khartoum yet. That doesn’t mean some stats can’t be used to make inferences. Some stats stabilize faster, and swing rate is one of the quickest. It takes just 50 plate appearances before you can start to rely on swing rates.
The Sultans of Swing (Rates)
