Don’t get me wrong: seasons like the magical 2012 A’s campaign don’t around very often. So you don’t get to use logic like, “Hey the team kind of sucked in May then too, so I guess the division is ours in 2025!”
But some parallels are worth noting, such as the truth that what you see in May is not always what you see in August and that the team riding high today can be the team that can’t buy a team tomorrow.
The AL West
The first thing that stands out about the AL West in 2025 is its collective mediocrity.