I spent the entire 2019 minor league season updating CI readers on what was happening each week down on the farm. By the time the South Bend Cubs were hoisting their Midwest League Championship trophy, I had spent 21 weeks watching more than a handful of games each week, paying close attention to pitch repertoires, breaking down batters’ swing paths, and ultimately analyzing the statistics that prospects were putting up.
Then the 2020 season came and went, and I wasn’t able to write a single Farm Report. My mind has since gone numb from over-analyzing 2019 numbers and what they may or may not mean.