Alamar explained this is a classic example of context being everything.
WSJ: New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox to Get Wild-Card Boost
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The Wall Street Journal asked Ben Alamar, the founding editor of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, to build a statistical model of the changes.
WSJ: New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox to Get Wild-Card Boost
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"You have to assess what the best odds for making the playoffs are division or wild card for teams that have a better shot at making the wild card, like Boston or Tampa Bay, " Alamar said.
WSJ: New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox to Get Wild-Card Boost