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If you win one game 20-1 and lose one game 9-8, the standings think you won one game, but Pythagoras thinks you won more. So if you underperform your Pythag record consistently, it can have something to do with talent distribution. If you have a monster offense, and, say, three superlative SPs and two rubbish ones, I think you'll normally win a ton of 10-0 games and lose a few close ones. So you'd likely underperform your Pythag record. Or if opposing teams each have one or two disastrously bad SPs, you might rack up a ton of runs in many games, and those runs help your Pythag record more than your real one.
There are other possibly relevant factors, like your performance in close games (which may have to do with your bullpen), or your in-game management.
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