Bottom line: The more teams you introduce to the playoffs, the more likely it becomes that you're going to get lesser teams from the regular season moving on. That said, there are two clear flaws in the current setup: 1. Teams should be reseeded after the wild-card round....
In this time when there is bellyaching about the game's playoff format, in which the best teams sit for a week while the laggards fight for their season in the wild-card round, there is the outlier. The Astros illustrated that a bye does not necessarily equal bye-...
In the new MLB playoff bracket, 12 teams make the playoffs. There are six teams in the American League and six teams in the National League, with the two division-winning teams with the best records receiving a first-round bye and automatically advancing to the Divisional Round. The third ...
That means nine of these teams aren’t going to make it. And a lot of these teamsreally need to make the playoffs.Thus, with less than two months left, we take a look at the Playoff Urgency Rankings, weighing just how much these 17 teams need to make the postseason this year. How ...
of teams like Orioles, Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers, and others. Given that these teams have spent less than half of each of the top three spenders in the league, everyone ruled them from ...
The rampant running is expected to continue in the playoffs. "Guys are going to be turning it loose like they have all year," said Braves manager Brian Snitker, whose team earned a bye to the Division Series. "Teams like Arizona are going to be flying all over the place. I don't rea...
With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series t
As MLB expands to 12 teams in the playoffs, and weaker teams get in, it might start to look more random. I guess that is the biggest advantage of the bye (as compared to hockey) - those teams that make it are not much better in a short series, but one less series to get knocked...
19th in OBP and it didn’t even crack the top 15 for key pitching stats. Yet here the Marlins are in the playoffs. Miami deserves credit, but we’re still going to project an early exit for a ballclub that finished 10 games below .500 against teams with a winning record in 2023. ...
Twelve teams will make the MLB playoffs - six from both the American League and National League. This is an increase over the previous format, which had 10 teams. This is broken out with three division winners in the AL and NL as well as three Wild Card teams. ...