At one point last season, Giancarlo Stanton went 61-for-176 (.347) with 30 home runs — 30 home runs! — in a span of 48 games. And at one point two years ago, Stanton went 11-for-88 (.125) with 44 strikeouts in a span of 24 games. Within that 24-game slump was a brutal 0-for-17 with 15 strikeouts stretch. For real.
Stanton is an outlier in baseball today given his power and size, and as those two streaks show, his performance can be extreme, both good and bad. He’ll hit homers in bunches and also strike out in bunches. Or at least he stuck out in bunches prior to last season.