OFFICIAL Potential Three-Way Tiebreaker Announced

[Laika]

Haha, is that for real? I dont get how they could lose Tuesday and play again.

 

The 3 team tie-breaker scenario works like that.

 

Teams A and B play. The winner gets a wild card berth.

The loser of game #1 plays team C, at team C's home park. The winner gets a wild card berth.

[JoeCarter]

Haha, is that for real? I dont get how they could lose Tuesday and play again.

 

Because Baltimore chose the "C"-slot designation, gifting the Tigers the "B"-slot. Read the thread dude.

[Grant77]

I thought that Jonathan Schoop would surely have a shot at the games played record, but found this interesting historical quirk.

 

"When the 1962 season ended the San Francisco Giants and the Dodgers were tied with a 101-61 record. Under the rules of the day, they played a best of three playoff series. The series went all three games, with the Giants winning the pennant. Wills played in all 162 regular season games and the 3 tie-breaker games, which are counted as regular season games, much like today's one-game playoffs are counted as regular season contests.

To date, six players have played 164 games in a season but no one has tied Wills' 165 game mark."

[JoeCarter]

No that's not true, the article is s***. Here's the official one from MLB.com:

 

"For example, let's assume that Team A (first pick//Jays) and Team B (second pick//Tigers) both choose the designations that give them two chances to make the postseason, leaving Team C with only one chance. Teams A and B would play at the home field of Team A on Tuesday.

 

The winner of that game would become the host team in the actual Wild Card Game on Thursday; the loser would travel to face Team C on Wednesday."

 

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/199753224/2016-mlb-tiebreaker-scenarios//

 

No, I think that's wrong, MLB.com should hire better writers.

 

The first 2 games (Det @ Tor and Det/Tor Loser @ Bal) only determine which 2 teams advance to the WC game. They don't determine the seeding /aka home- or away-designations for the WC game itself. That has already been decided by the 162-game regular season. And Tor holds the tiebreaker over both Det and Bal for that privilege. If there's a WC game and Jays are in it, it's in Toronto. Here are the actual 'official' rules. They speak only of how to break ties for the purposes of determining the two WC teams. After that has been determined, we go back to regular WC home-field tiebreaker rules as determined by the regular season tiebreaker hierarchy, which Jays hold regardless of opponent.

[fatcowxlive]

No, I think that's wrong, MLB.com should hire better writers.

 

The first 2 games (Det @ Tor and Det/Tor Loser @ Bal) only determine which 2 teams advance to the WC game. They don't determine the seeding /aka home- or away-designations for the WC game itself. That has already been decided by the 162-game regular season. And Tor holds the tiebreaker over both Det and Bal for that privilege. If there's a WC game and Jays are in it, it's in Toronto. Here are the actual 'official' rules. They speak only of how to break ties for the purposes of determining the two WC teams. After that has been determined, we go back to regular WC home-field tiebreaker rules as determined by the regular season tiebreaker hierarchy, which Jays hold regardless of opponent.

 

True say! I'll go update that shyt right now thanks. Baltimore still made an awful decision tho

[Dick_Pole]

The moral of the story being...if you're only going to win 88 games, make sure you lose a bunch to s***** teams like Tampa but win your season series against other fringy playoff teams close to you in the standings.

[CBlake]

When the Jays win, Orioles lose and Tigers win two games would that mean a tiebreaker on Tuesday for Detroit and Baltimore?

[RealAccountant]

When the Jays win, Orioles lose and Tigers win two games would that mean a tiebreaker on Tuesday for Detroit and Baltimore?

 

assuming detroit beats cleveland monday.

[Angrioter]

We just need to f*** Price and wait for O's or Tigers. Easy

[Stangstag]

Brian Kenney, Eric Byrnes, and Carlos Pena on MLB network are all ripping the Orioles for choosing the 1 home game instead of 2 on the road.

 

Lets hope it backfires.

[Dick_Pole]

Brian Kenney, Eric Byrnes, and Carlos Pena on MLB network are all ripping the Orioles for choosing the 1 home game instead of 2 on the road.

 

Lets hope it backfires.

 

Let's hope it doesn't even matter!

 

Jays in clean, Detroit and Baltimore play for the final spot.

[Stangstag]

Let's hope it doesn't even matter!

 

Jays in clean, Detroit and Baltimore play for the final spot.

 

Totally agree. Lets clinch TODAY

[Slade]

Holy s*** man, no breaks. Great defense by the Sox.