True, but the postseason is largely a crap shoot.
Teams seem to be spending more money on bullpen, too. So this run prevention trend runs deeper than slap hitting hispanic short stops.
I'm to lazy atm, but how do the last three years of playoff teams stack up defensively to the rest of the league?
Team-UZR/150 (rank)
2011
Arizona Diamondbacks 6.5 (3rd)
Tampa Bay Rays 8.8 (1st)
New York Yankees 4.5 (6th)
Texas Rangers 3.6 (7th)
Milwaukee Brewers 0.9 (12th)
Detroit Tigers 0.3 (13th)
Philadelphia Phillies -2.1 (22nd)
St Louis Cardinals -5.0 (27th)
2010
San Francisco Giants 10.1 (1st)
Cincinnati Reds 5.4 (5th)
Tampa Bay Rays 5.8 (3rd)
New York Yankees 3.5 (9th)
Minnesota Twins 3.2 (10th)
Texas rangers 2.6 (12th)
Philadelphia Phillies 0.8 (13th)
Atlanta Braves -5.1 (24th)
2009
Philadelphia Phillies 5.9 (5th)
Los Angeles Angels 3.1 (8th)
Boston Red Sox 0.4 (12th)
Los Angeles Dodgers -0.9 (14th)
St Louis Cardinals -1.9 (18th)
Colorado Rockies -3.3 (21st)
New York Yankees -3.3 (22nd)
Minnesota twins -5.3 (26th)
And here's the 10 would be playoff teams if the season ended today:
Los Angeles Dodgers 8.7 (2nd)
Texas Rangers 8.2 (3rd)
Cincinnati Reds 3.0 (10th)
San Francisco Giants 2.6 (11th)
Washington Nationals 0.9 (14th)
Pittsburgh Pirates -0.2 (16th)
Chicago White Sox -0.8 (17th)
Tampa Bay Rays -1.0 (18th)
Baltimore Orioles -1.8 (22nd)
New York Yankees -5.2 (24th)