There are many ways that this article could start. One of these ways could be juxtaposition: showing the Charlie Culberson of yore, compared to the Charlie Culberson of the here and now. For example, did you know that if you added together Charlie Culberson’s 2016 and 2017 wRC+s, you’d get a number (121) lower than his 2018 wRC+ (125)? Or, did you know that if you draw a chart of Culberson’s cumulative career wRC+, that it basically consistently stays within a range of 50 to 70, until around July 7, where it’s steadily climbed above 80 for the first time in his career?
Look now, look again: Charlie Culberson and the mockery of xwOBA
