Yes, the rant thread has become a bit of a mea culpa thread as well as a stat discussion thread. Several of his stats behind the OBP jump look real, even if you think things like his batting average on balls in play will come back a bit after this streak. In particular, he seems much more selective and willing to pass on strikes in order to get a pitch he wants rather than jumping on the first strike he sees. He went from swings at ~65% of the strikes he was seeing to ~40%, if my memory is right (it is in a post). He can do that because he does not miss strikes when he does swing (a consistent ~95% contact rate all year, before and after his current streak). That has also led to a big jump in walks, supporting the OBP rise and maybe keeping it up even if balls stop dropping in so much.
