All End Points Are Arbitrary

Let’s play a game. I will give you numbers and you guess which one doesn’t fit.

1. 125, 114, 44
2. 153, 153, 72
3. 121, 123, 91
4. 111, 113, 206, 80
5. 109, 128, 28

First, I’ll tell you that each number set represents a player.

1. Yasiel Puig
2. Joey Votto
3. Jesse Winker
4. Derek Dietrich
5. Eugenio Suarez

Second, I’ll tell you that the first number in each set is that player’s career wRC+.

Third, I’ll tell you that for everyone except Dietrich, the numbers separate the beginnings or ends of slumps from the rest of the season.