Now that we’re about to whittle down the field for the League Championship Series, it’s time for some serious analysis of the five teams remaining. (Because, of course, the dammed Yankees and F-ing Red Sox can’t put away a series the way reasonable teams do.)
Many “mainstream” sources will be doing both traditional and advanced statistical comparisons, telling us how Hitter A has historically performed again Pitcher B in vaguely autumnal weather, during afternoon games in the Eastern Time Zone, after chewing 3-4 pieces of gum, while wearing branded fleece pullovers.
Who cares?