The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians on October 19 to win the American League pennant and reach the World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, who have not appeared in one since 1982 and, like Tampa Bay, have never won it. The discussion has moved to how these teams are built: the Brewers and Rays rank 19th and 28th in payroll, are the two lowest launch-angle teams in baseball, and Tampa Bay led MLB with 45 sacrifice bunts, was second with 164 stolen bases, and led baseball with 2.5 walks per nine. Freddy Peralta is the sixth player in 10 years to win postseason MVP after a midseason trade, and Jake Bauers, traded away in the Yandy Diaz deal…