Thanks to its abbreviated schedule, the 2020 MLB season resulted in some unusual outcomes. Michael Conforto posted the highest full-season BABIP since Ty Cobb in 1913, Luke Voit was on pace for 60 home runs, and Robbie Ray walked a ridiculous 18% of the batters he faced.xStats were not immune to that weirdness, xBA and xSLG included. After only 11 qualified batters posted an xSLG above .600 between 2015 and 2019, nine did so in 2020 alone.The effects of a short season are important to keep in ...