For your amusement

I have had those 100+ win teams lose out quickly, and the 80 win teams do quite well, even win it all. Some of it is luck in the 5/7 game series, sure. The other facet for consideration is that some teams are built with lots of high injury players, who, when they stay healthy, can be real values. If they stay healthy for a post season series, you might have a potent roster that holds together enough to beat the better "long-run" team. Of course, the risk is your Triple Crown winner Hanley Ramirez 2013 pulls a 15-game injury on game 162, too.