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Originally Posted by jayswin
Actually? Not saying you're wrong, but that seems really weird that being a hot team heading into playoffs would have zero statistical meaning.
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Actually. There's actually a small negative correlation depending on what sample of games you look at. This is true for basically any sport - the media and fans love to make a big deal of it, but no one bothers to check if the results back it up.
Like was just said, it's just as easy to say that Texas has cooled off in their last 15 games. Anyone can choose the sample size that fits their opinion best. At the end of the day it comes down to the Jays lineup vs. the
Rangers lineup. And if you look at that Texas really doesn't have any advantages.
The Jays have a +231 run differential. The Rangers have a +11 run differential (by far the worst of any current playoff team). It should be pretty easy to be very confident going into a series like that.