Dodgers are favs to win World Series even though they have to win a 1 game playoff to get out the 1st round

[exploited17]

I kind of miss the old two teams only make it
I think if you are going to play such a long season it makes sense to have less teams
You prove your greatness outlasting other teams
Seems silly to me to play that many games and let 5 in each league in
But I do understand why they changed it

 

[carlitosway]

If there was ever a time to change how the playoffs work this would be the time.

The Dodgers a wild card team but yet in every other division in baseball they win by double digits outside of the AL East where they would still win by 6 games.

They should seed the teams based on wins.

NL would be

Giants 107
Dodgers 106
Brewers 95
Cardinals 90
Braves 88

Cardinals and Braves in a best of 3 and winner takes on Giants, while Dodgers play Brewers.

AL would be

Rays 100
Astros 95
White Sox 93
Red Sox 92
Yankees 92

Red Sox and Yankees in a best of 3 and winner takes on Rays, while Astros play Whitesox


That solves a lot of crap right there and if they want to put some kind of plus for a division winner in the first round, then give them home field for that round only but the higher seeds are home in best of 5 or 7.

You say the season is too long, they could shorten the season a week and it would end where it does now. Don't want to lower 162 games, no problems, get back to scheduling double headers. Hell they are only 7 innings anyway.

Don't want to schedule double headers then you have what you have now. Anything can happen in one game. It's not a tie breaker, it's an actual playoff game. Guarantee if Dodgers lose, then all hell breaks loose, not that it shouldn't happen with 90 win St Louis...….. just saying.

Sorry HP but those are the breaks. Besides with the unbalanced schedule the Dodgers and Giants padded their win total by playing in a division with THREE sub .500 teams they play 19x including the worst team in MLB, the Arizona Diamondbacks. By far the best and deepest division in MLB is the AL East. I like the new playoff system.

 

[carlitosway]

93 Giants won 103 and missed the playoffs

Probably the tipping point to add a WC. Plus $$$$$$$.

 

[Bozzie]

How pissed are the giants to get the 1 seed and have to play a 100 win team (if the dodgers win on tuesday)

Didnt they used to have a rule that if the wildcard winner was in the same division as the 1 seed, then the wild card winner would play the 2 seed? Of course that probably happened when there was only 1 wild card team

How about the Dodgers winning 106 and being the WC... But then having to play the hottest National League team that is 16 games worse record wise in a one game playoff...

It's a bad playoff system IMO

 

[Bozzie]

If there was ever a time to change how the playoffs work this would be the time.

The Dodgers a wild card team but yet in every other division in baseball they win by double digits outside of the AL East where they would still win by 6 games.

They should seed the teams based on wins.

NL would be

Giants 107
Dodgers 106
Brewers 95
Cardinals 90
Braves 88

Cardinals and Braves in a best of 3 and winner takes on Giants, while Dodgers play Brewers.

AL would be

Rays 100
Astros 95
White Sox 93
Red Sox 92
Yankees 92

Red Sox and Yankees in a best of 3 and winner takes on Rays, while Astros play Whitesox


That solves a lot of crap right there and if they want to put some kind of plus for a division winner in the first round, then give them home field for that round only but the higher seeds are home in best of 5 or 7.

You say the season is too long, they could shorten the season a week and it would end where it does now. Don't want to lower 162 games, no problems, get back to scheduling double headers. Hell they are only 7 innings anyway.

Don't want to schedule double headers then you have what you have now. Anything can happen in one game. It's not a tie breaker, it's an actual playoff game. Guarantee if Dodgers lose, then all hell breaks loose, not that it shouldn't happen with 90 win St Louis...….. just saying.

I missed this....well stated

 

[Knightrofins]

Probably the tipping point to add a WC. Plus $$$$$$$.

93 was the last year that only the 4 division winners would make the playoffs.

in 94 they made 6 divisions and added a wildcard (of course no playoffs that year)

however it was known that the divisions would expand to 6 teams somewhere between 1990-1991 when the Marlins and Rockies were given expansion teams to start in 1993

 

[Michelangelo]

If there was ever a time to change how the playoffs work this would be the time.

The Dodgers a wild card team but yet in every other division in baseball they win by double digits outside of the AL East where they would still win by 6 games.

They should seed the teams based on wins.

NL would be

Giants 107
Dodgers 106
Brewers 95
Cardinals 90
Braves 88

Cardinals and Braves in a best of 3 and winner takes on Giants, while Dodgers play Brewers.

AL would be

Rays 100
Astros 95
White Sox 93
Red Sox 92
Yankees 92

Red Sox and Yankees in a best of 3 and winner takes on Rays, while Astros play Whitesox


That solves a lot of crap right there and if they want to put some kind of plus for a division winner in the first round, then give them home field for that round only but the higher seeds are home in best of 5 or 7.

You say the season is too long, they could shorten the season a week and it would end where it does now. Don't want to lower 162 games, no problems, get back to scheduling double headers. Hell they are only 7 innings anyway.

Don't want to schedule double headers then you have what you have now. Anything can happen in one game. It's not a tie breaker, it's an actual playoff game. Guarantee if Dodgers lose, then all hell breaks loose, not that it shouldn't happen with 90 win St Louis...….. just saying.

This is a good plan.

 

[Avocado33]

Giants are in trouble now

 

[Railbird]

dodgers did not look like a 106 win team tonight, Roberts is a dumbshit, they are terrible at situational baseball.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Dodgers win and they will beat the Giants….best team money can buy….
wonder how much Railfraud wants on the Giants?

 

[carlitosway]

Glad the Dodgers won and stop this reseeding talk. It was an anomaly. You don't change the playoff system for that.