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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
They didn't tank. They were overperforming their record as indicated by their run differential.
Baseball is subject to great randomness. The Red Sox took the same group of characters that finish last in 2012 and won a WS with them in 2013 because a shitload of them had career years/aberrational performances. The next year they finished last again.
Chemistry doesn't prevent runs or drive them in.
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Here's a separate question (not in reference to trades messing up team chemistry):
Detroit may not have tanked, but they clearly had a slump in the last two months of the regular season last year. Is that for the same reason?