Three games is essentially nothing in the grand scheme of baseball. This year, no matter how great or terrible the squad, every single MLB team will win three consecutive games and lose three consecutive games. Every single MLB team will look like champions and total failures.
Still: actual baseball is something different. One of the beauties of baseball is that, while you can predict and crunch numbers and prognosticate all you want, there is a visceral difference between that and the actual thing. We have finally moved into that Real Thing, where the Kansas City Royals are playing baseball that counts in the record books.