Do you forget that in 2016 we had Josh Tomlin and Ryan Merritt as starting pitchers and nearly won the whole thing? If that wasn't proof enough for you that this sport really doesn't reward the "best" team, I'm not sure what is. I know it's a basketball forum so it's hard to get out of the mindset that the best team usually wins, because that team typically wins a single game of basketball, let alone a long series. But, in basketball, you have teams posting winrates between .890 and .106. In football, you've had undefeated teams and winless teams. MLB? Well, since the NFL merger in '66, we've had one team (the 2003 Tigers) go .265, and the Mariners posted a .716 clip. The best NBA teams are nearly 3x more likely to win a single game than the best MLB team.
Obviously we want to be at our best. But acting like if both Jose and Frankie aren't putting up MVP numbers then we don't have a shot at all? I have to believe you know that's just factually untrue.