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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Little bit, sure.
But nothings less predictable in baseball than bullpen performance. And the Royals won consecutive AL Pennants on the back of a bullpen that was dominant for 2 seasons and HISTORICALLY so for one of them.
You can put an element of luck on any championship, yes. But when you build a team around the one thing that's essentially impossible to count on in that sport AND in the process you get a performance that's not just unexpected and not just great, but almost certainly better than any team in baseball history has ever had while committing a paucity of resources to it....well there's more luck there than most.
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There are things that can be consistent, for example the Cubs drafted a bunch of hitters with their high picks because they're easier to predict. That's a strategy not lucking into something.