As weird of a season as it’s been, and despite how many times the season seemed to be in limbo, we are at the season’s finale. Within the next week, we will see who’s the 2020 World Series winner. The Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers might seem like complete opposites, but they’re actually way more similar than fans give them credit to be. Unfortunately, the Pittsburgh Pirates are not really like either right now.
Both essentially took the Moneyball model the 2002 Oakland Athletics popularized, and improved upon it through advanced scouting and development.