The incredible value of low expectations

Rather than offer up a “Of course the Giants aren’t going to get Juan Soto” post (see previous entries in this series here, here, and here), I want to talk about the silver lining in the San Francisco Giants not being a serious team in pursuit of said player’s elite services.

Last night, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in Yankee Stadium in what was ultimately a pretty easy series for them. Oh sure, they needed years of trial and error by Dave Roberts & co. to find the right mix of gut and data to make it all come together, finally, but as we know from our experiences watching the Giants win last decade, there was quite a bit of luck involved, too; and, for the Dodgers, some of…