Early in Spring Training, Bryson Stott told The Athletic’s Matt Gelb that he rewatched every game from the Phillies postseason run. While doing so, Stott realized that he struggled to hit fastballs, particularly up in the zone. The young lefty faced 64% fastballs last season and hit just .209 against heaters and swung and missed at 16.5% of them. In that excellent piece in The Athletic, Stott mentioned that one part of his plan was to not swing at so many of those pitches.
Through the first two series of the season, he has stuck to that plan, and it has shown results.