Can the Tampa Bay Rays overcome the loss of Shane McClanahan — and does their reliance on analytics hold them back? John Smoltz discussed those topics with Ben Verlander.
). I feel like the blueprint to winning a World Series is, offense aside, having two aces in a rotation and a third guy who shows up in the playoffs, and next thing you know, you're throwing them out two games in a World Series run, and that's how you win."The interesting thing from an analytical standpoint is that they have proven that in 162 games a lot of what they do works," Smoltz said.
"Analytically, they can compete with the big boys at a low salary structure; they can interchange pieces. But what I think at times people won't admit is the postseason, it's not a regular season. You cannot bring those same algorithms and apply them to a best-of-five series. You just can't. It's not the same. They'll tell you it's a randomness and that it's luck and so many things come into play.
"The perfect storm was in the pandemic World Series in the bubble. That was where 60 games, they were the most dangerous team because I think that that is a formula where they could've succeeded and almost did. They didn't deviate from their scenario; we all know about thesituation.
I think the Rays deserve a ton of credit for how good they are and how they've been a machine for a decade. They've taken over the analytic world, and they've become a wins machine; they can tell you at the beginning of the season how many wins they will end up with in a season., and I think that's a blueprint to win.
Ultimately, it's not about having 100-plus wins in a regular season and getting playoff games: it's about winning a championship, and I've yet to see this approach work.
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