Theo Samets spent the season seesawing, a premium finish followed by a crater and then another climb. October opened with Toronto returning 56, a 125-point board and 22nd place in the MLB Playoffs.
NCAAF dropped him to 220th, only for an Indiana title ticket to snap the College Football Playoff back to 26th. March then paid 11 from 231st, and only one of five NBA calls hit on a card that placed 198th. Flat ground was apparently unavailable.
Golf finally left the seesaw on the favorable side: 479.2 across the majors, including 185.5 at The Open, for 34th and 218. Alongside 110th at the World Cup, that close lifted Samets 30 spots to 95th with 1357.5.