For the record, I like the current format, including the lack of play-in games and the the 3 game WC series
I think it's a good balance of enough teams makin it, yet still incentivizing teams to win their division
Guaranteed more fanbases are paying attention and probably watching games right now rather than if all playoff spots were pretty much set in stone already
The counterargument is you may not like the optics of giving an 80-82 or 81-81 team a shot at the WS, small though it may be
Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom exited Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium after only two innings with right triceps fatigue. The 38-year-old has already battled hip/glute soreness for a month, but after a 32-pitch second inning in which he allowed two runs on five singles, he was replaced by rookie reliever Peyton Gray.