Kyle Collier

And not once have they said, well, we got to be them if we're going to win this division.

Baltimore kind of did that.

Baltimore had this loaded draft class, tons of top 100 guys, and they said, we got to go and compete with Boston and New York.

We have to beat them at their game.

Well, Tampa, you'll see where I'm going with this.

They have the best record in the American League.

You look at some of the advanced numbers on them, their bottom five in barrel rate, their bottom five in hard hit rate, every metric that would tell you, if you have those numbers, your offense sucks.

That's where they lack.

Slug, OPS, home runs, all of that, they don't excel in it.

But they have the best record in the American League.

Why?

Because their analytical department, we know Tampa has a phenomenal one.

They've been a pitching factory for years and for probably a decade plus.

When you traded a struggling pitcher to Tampa Bay,

you kind of clinch up a little bit and go, what do they see in that guy that we don't?

And nine times out of ten, they found something with that player.

But the way they've constructed their offense is built on contact, speed, bunting guys over, putting pressure on the defense.

Who does that remind you of?

What team in Kansas City does that remind you of?

Sounds like 2015 Royals.