I don't think it does. The wild card teams have to run a double-elimination

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Oct 9, 2024
5:21:36pm

russkiejedi Political Junky

gauntlet just to get there. But the fact is, any team that makes the playoffs is good and can do some damage.

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Originally posted on Oct 9, 2024 at 5:21:36pm

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Part of what gets lost here is that over 162 games, these teams are close

RevolutionDeathsquad

10/9/24 4:06pm

The goal of MLB and owners is to make the playoffs more random

memento

10/9/24 4:23pm

Let's add the Mariners and Twins and Dbacks to the postseason too then. They

spidercoug

10/9/24 4:24pm

The season should matter. Right now, it's looking like it may be another year where the bye teams lose.

Colorado

10/9/24 4:24pm

Yep it is to the point it is isn't even random. Wild card teams win more than

spidercoug

10/9/24 4:26pm

maybe the point is that winning 5 more games over 162 doesnt mean they are a

CrashMcLarson

10/9/24 4:28pm

Maybe there is a reason for them being better. The bye teams were better in the

spidercoug

10/9/24 4:30pm

no sorry, let me back up, i do think that the reg season should matter and that

CrashMcLarson

10/9/24 4:44pm

They are definitely the better team over 162 games. October is about who is hot as much as who is best.

Colorado

10/9/24 5:13pm

Padres were better in the head to head season series

CrashMcLarson

10/9/24 10:26pm

And yet lost by 4 games. What's your point?

Colorado

10/9/24 11:02pm

That it's kinda hard to say they're definitively a better team head to head

CrashMcLarson

10/10/24 7:39am

You wouldn't be saying this if your team won the division

LifeLongLakerFan

10/9/24 4:31pm

This year it’s a lot closer than other years. Braves were 14 games better than

califcougar

10/9/24 4:49pm

It does matter. It's how you qualify for the playoffs.

russkiejedi

10/9/24 4:59pm

I'm saying the format should not disadvantage the higher seeded teams.

Colorado

10/9/24 5:15pm

I don't think it does. The wild card teams have to run a double-elimination

russkiejedi

10/9/24 5:21pm

Wildcard round teams are 5-3 so far. Every one of them has taken home field this year. At what point does it become an

Colorado

10/9/24 5:30pm

6-3

Colorado

10/9/24 7:40pm

I also want the regular season to be exciting. If it means nothing

spidercoug

10/9/24 4:28pm

You watch because you love baseball, and because the regular season is how you

russkiejedi

10/9/24 6:11pm

I would much rather have less teams in the playoffs but longer series each round

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