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The reason I went through all of this first is that having a postseason like this would require slicing some regular-season games in order to not have the World Series played in mid-November.Īnd so, I believe owners will do that.
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The wild card round would have all games played at the division winners’ parks, and the winners of those three series plus the team that gets the bye would match up in division series, as now, and the postseason would continue in the way it does now (seven-game LCS and World Series). The division winner with the third-best record picks from the two remaining wild cards, and the other division winner gets who’s left. Then, the division winner with the next best record gets to choose its opponent from among the three wild card teams from its league. For the purposes of this article I’m going to go with a 14-team field, which would operate under the following rules: The division winner with the best record gets a bye through the first round, which would be a best-of-three wild card series. There are a number of different postseason expansion possibilities. Team owners appear willing to give up a small number of regular-season games for more postseason games, because the postseason is what brings them the real big money. Why? Because owners want expanded playoffs, something that might happen as soon as this year in a new collective-bargaining agreement.
It seems almost a given that once expansion happens, the 162-game schedule is going to be history. Five of the divisions are all within one time zone and none have more than two time zones involved. I swapped them to make the divisions a bit more geographically compact - granted that you could make the argument to keep it the way I originally had it. In the original article, I had the Orioles in the AL South and Rays in the AL East. NL West: Dodgers, Giants, Padres, Diamondbacks NL South: Braves, Nationals, Marlins, Reds NL Central: Cubs, Cardinals, Brewers, Rockies NL East: Mets, Phillies, Pirates, Montreal Here’s the divisional alignment I posted in the expansion article, with one tweak:ĪL East: Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, OriolesĪL Central: Tigers, Guardians, White Sox, TwinsĪL West: Mariners, Athletics, Angels, Portland The proposal I made resulted in some spirited and interesting discussion, so I thought today I’d take the next step and propose a possible schedule that MLB might adopt after such an expansion takes place.įirst, the ground rules for this proposal. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.A couple of weeks ago, I posted this look at where and how MLB might expand after the stadium situations in Oakland and Tampa are resolved. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2022. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.įull-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.
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