Jayson Werth still thinks the Nats were the best team in baseball at the end of last season

Jayson Werth and a lot of Nats fans were saying this back in September. Werth is still saying it:

“But all in all, you look at the way we played coming down the stretch, if we get in the postseason - which we only missed by a couple of games even as bad as we played in the first half - if we get in, we were the best team in baseball at the time. I think it was ours to lose, really.”

On the one hand, yes, he’s right. The Nats did look good late. They were finally putting it together and playing up to the potential everyone thought they had. On the other hand, the post season is a best of five and a couple best of sevens in the course of a month. Any number of teams can and do win 11 of 19 games multiple times a season.

That’s why baseball, even with the wild cards and the play-in game, is still the best. The playoffs may be something of a crap shoot, but getting into them isn’t. And as such, talk about how was hot late and who would “be dangerous if they got in” has never carried a lot of water with me.

Earn your right to be dangerous in October by winning more games in April and May.