Mets fans....do me a favor

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Probably. Roster depth obviously matters more than regular season accomplishments and perception has to catch up with reality. Like in my mind the Mets have no chance against the Cubs because I think the Cubs are a better team based on a bunch of variables. But what happens if the young Cubs players start acting young and start doing a bunch of things because they start choking up for whatever reason? It means they probably aren't the better team. So in a way, results create the perception regardless of statistics but the statistics themselves create the matchups that dictate everything in playoff baseball.

I think one of the major factors in great teams failing is poor coaching but one of the major factors in poor coaching is a limited roster so its possible that a team's weakness isn't shown until the postseason.

Yeah, we define it differently. I've got a great reverence for the outcome of a 162-game season. THat's a grind, and you want to talk about needing depth? You need it there. I love the postseason, but the results are a smaller factor to me when deciding which was the best team in, say, 2012. The sample sizes are just too small for me.

 

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If anything the "slide" propelled the Mets imo

 

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