Re: Random observation

I have encountered similar situations. I am guessing that you are a watchful owner, keeping on top of slump buster, possibly making daily ongoing changes and positioning lefty/righty matchups whereas that bottom seeded team may not be as detail oriented. My theory is that long-term, your attention to details makes a difference, hence a much better regular season record but on a short series those details have less impact, not to mention your opponents can get lucky with players (namely starters) going on “fire”. Also, if slump buster is limited in a season, your regular season record is artificially elevated whereas that superstar who was on slump buster during the regular season could slump once in playoff time - once off slump buster. I have sometimes stashed - in the minors - an early season slumping superstar and promoted them in time for the playoffs with added slump buster. Of course, I only do that when I’m convinced that my team will make the playoffs without said superstar.

My two cents worth on this topic because I’ve lost many a playoff series going in as the prohibitive favourite versus a lowly, barely-qualified opponent and come out on the losing end of things.