The Los Angeles Dodgers have received a lot of criticism for their early playoffs exits in recent years, and much of it was deserved:
2023: 100-62, Lost to ARI 3-0 NLDS
2022: 111-51, Lost to SDP 3-1 NLDS
2021: 106-56, Lost to ATL 4-2 NLCS
The 2020 short-season title was an easy target for critics on a great accomplishment: 60-game season, no fans until the World Series (played at a neutral site in Texas, no less). The part that gets left out is that there was by no means a fluky champion that season.