Around the League 2020 Edition

VirginiaBrave said:
Whoo-hoo, .500 and you are in!! Mlb becomes the Nba. For the love of... What is happening to my first love...
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It’s only for one season, and it makes sense for such a short season. Calm down.

It does eliminate what would have been a balls-to-the-wall 60 games, but it’s more fair this way.
 
VirginiaBrave said:
True on both counts, y'all know as well as I do all these changes will stay.
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I’m worried about that too. And with likely expansion will increase the incentive to do this even further.

I also think it’s funny how Manfred and the owners said a more than 60 game regular season was unfeasible without a massive pay cut from the players, yet we can now play a max total of 66 postseason games on top of that with no expectations of fans being back.
 
CyYoung31 said:
I’m worried about that too. And with likely expansion will increase the incentive to do this even further.

I also think it’s funny how Manfred and the owners said a more than 60 game regular season was unfeasible without a massive pay cut from the players, yet we can now play a max total of 66 postseason games on top of that with no expectations of fans being back.
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I think a best of a three series for the 1 seed is terribly unfair.

How many times do teams lose three game series?

I'd have rather seen a bye or something like a 2 game series where the lower seed has to win both games
 
sturg33 said:
I think a best of a three series for the 1 seed is terribly unfair.

How many times do teams lose three game series?

I'd have rather seen a bye or something like a 2 game series where the lower seed has to win both games
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I’m strictly talking about the amount of teams that make the playoffs, not the playoff format.

I agree with you, or maybe just make the first two rounds 5 game series
 
But, in 60 games we don't know if a 1-seed actually deserves it or not, so I don't see a problem with it for this weird season.
 
Yeah i think it's a little unfair as well that one of the top 2 seeds could get bounced by a lower seed. Given how weird baseball is, wouldnt be surprising if a lower seed won 2 of 3 games vs a top seed.

But if this is only for this year, i guess whatever. It does take the pressure off a bad start by the Braves and not being in a big hole that wouldnt be able to get out of. Anywhere from 27-30 wins is probably a lock for the playoffs, maybe even lower.
 
Its gonna make the regular season way less interesting. Any solid team should make it now. And there is literally no advantage of being a top side in playoffs
 
It absolutely 100% should not stick around after this year, and I do fear it will, but I think it was necessary for this weird-ass season. Even ignoring for a moment that 60 games is not enough to overcome luck effects in baseball, with teams only playing teams in their geographical lineup (i.e., a team in the NL or AL East will only play teams in the NL and AL East), it's entirely possible that a 25-35 team from the East or West will legitimately be a better team than a 40-20 team in one of the Centrals but who had to play a far tougher schedule.
 
Snowman said:
It absolutely 100% should not stick around after this year, and I do fear it will, but I think it was necessary for this weird-ass season. Even ignoring for a moment that 60 games is not enough to overcome luck effects in baseball, with teams only playing teams in their geographical lineup (i.e., a team in the NL or AL East will only play teams in the NL and AL East), it's entirely possible that a 25-35 team from the East or West will legitimately be a better team than a 40-20 team in one of the Centrals but who had to play a far tougher schedule.
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Agreed I'm ok with expanded playoffs but not happy with no advantage for top seeds.

Also, I wonder if teams.would have approached off-season differently if they knew half league could make playoffs
 
Anyone look at the San Francisco Giants' starting line-up? Outside of Crawford and Flores, it's a collection of guys on their last legs and glorified Triple-A players.
 
50PoundHead said:
Anyone look at the San Francisco Giants' starting line-up? Outside of Crawford and Flores, it's a collection of guys on their last legs and glorified Triple-A players.
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Have you seen the Orioles lineup? Quite possibly the worst in the history of baseball.
 
NYCBrave said:
Have you seen the Orioles lineup? Quite possibly the worst in the history of baseball.
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Orioles have a bad line-up as well (as evidenced by the presence of noted power hitter Jose Iglesias in the 3-hole, but prospects playing for the Orioles have at least some promise as compared to the retreads playing for the Giants.
 
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