In a sport where those who fail 70 percent of the time are considered to be among the game's elite hitters, it's easy to forget how truly humbling baseball can be.
No matter a player's salary, track record of success or numbers on the season, every player inevitably finds himself in a funk at one point or another over the course of a 162-game regular season. And every player handles that funk differently.
Some dig into the batter's box a bit deeper than normal, while others arrive to the ballpark earlier (and stay later) to work on their swing. Some, like Houston's Carlos Gomez, take their frustration out on the bat, snapping it like a large twig over their leg.
Sadly, there's no tried-and-true method for breaking out of a funk. What works for one player won't work for another. But most of them are successful in eventually leaving that funk in the past and getting back to business.
Taking both traditional and advanced statistics into consideration, let's take a look at the players who can't wait to leave Week 19 behind and, hopefully, move on to bigger and better things.
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