Superior teams usually win the season-long 162 G contest.
They don't always win the 5- and 7-G series.
Texas can compete with the likes of KC an Toronto because a.) the starting pitching -- Hamels, Holland, Perez --is capable of shutting anybody down (and Lewis has a history of rising to the occasion in October), b.) the Rangers' bullpen might be better than any other playoff team's and c.) the offense is productive...and versatile. They can play long ball, little ball or sequential offense.
Recently, it has been the "hot" team, not the "best" team, that has won the championship. See Giants, 2010, 2012, 2014.
I like Toronto to win the AL....
St. Louis to win the NL.
We shall see........
Yes, hot teams to just force their way into the mix...
We shall see........
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You're off base.
To correct the record, the Giants won three titles largely with dominating pitching, partly by keeping starters' arms fresh throughout the regular season, as well as a team-wide calm and poise in high leverage situations, while opponents gacked away games.
They were not hot at the end of 2010, as they won the division on the final day of the season). Had a horrible start to the 2012 playoffs, but won six straight elimination games. Backed in to the 2014 playoffs, won the Wild Card, decisively won the first two series, and then won the World Series on an all-time great pitching performance by Madison Bumgarner.
Not the "hottest" team, but the most clutch, most poised team. In my book, that's the "best" team.
Giants won because those were even-numbered years.
See what happened this year, odd-numbered year, they don’t win.
But next year, I’m betting on the Giants to win the World Series again.