Sorry, Texas Rangers, your World Series trophy is in another castle, one that doesn’t care one iota about run differential.
The Rangers proved that 2015 wasn’t an aberration, charging through the regular season with an American League leading 95 games. Despite a strong lineup, and an exceptional one-two punch at the top of the rotation, the Rangers outscored opponents by just eight runs, which ranked eighth in the AL.
Come the postseason, their luck ran out. Texas looked like a totally different team in October, getting swept by the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series.