If Team A plays Team B. Team B is 1-2 and Team A is 2-1. Team A wins.
Now at the end of the season Team B is 14-3, did Team A beat an under .500 team or not? Technically they did, but is the record always cut in stone factual.
Every team who plays in this league will play easier teams at some point except the bottom feeders.
This stat is accurate, but leaves out a great deal which gives it the temperament of doom and supports a narrative for people who wish to see this team as bad because of decades of failure before. Or wants to crap on other people's enjoyment of this season.
The first part I might understand. The second is merely gutless.