MLB and MLBPA come to an agreement on 16 team expanded playoffs for 2020 season.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

The playoffs will be easy to make

 

Ten years later this claim is finally valid!

[Boxcar]

I don't get the big deal. NBA and NHL playoffs are 16 teams too, i guess the lower seeds realistically have no chance of winning, so people that think this is a bad idea think its a waste of time?

 

I think most of us feel like too many teams make the playoffs in those leagues and that baseball's playoffs being harder to make made them more meaningful along with the games leading up to them.

[John_Havok]

I don't get the big deal. NBA and NHL playoffs are 16 teams too, i guess the lower seeds realistically have no chance of winning, so people that think this is a bad idea think its a waste of time?

 

It’s not a big deal, it’s for this season only and makes total sense given the 60 game crapshoot schedule to try and recover some revenue. It’s not like this will be in place very year

[Jonn]

Baseball has as much upset potential as the NHL playoffs. Seems like NBA is the only sport you know whose going to be in the final 4. Rarely ever upsets if ever.

 

If you see the Yankees get upset in the first round you will see a quick halt to the 16 team playoff format for Baseball.

[Dick_Pole]

America loves average teams having a chance to win it all. It's the American dream

 

In the NBA the average team has no chance of winning.

The NFL rarely sees an 8-8 team make the playoffs and that's almost always due to a weak division.

The NHL is as Canadian as it is American.

 

Really this quote is way more apt for Canada. The easiest playoffs to make are the CFL playoffs where everyone but the 3-15 teams make it.

[Beans]

Just to let you know. I have always thought/hoped you looked like your profile picture and I am personally disappointed to hear you have a cock. Others won't be, but I am

 

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