Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

by **Bucky** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 18:15:57

the final slide

by **BigEd76** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 21:39:15

Rays VP of Baseball Operations James Click is the new Astros GM

by **td11** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:03:01

Idk if this was posted already but update on astros cheating: https://sports.yahoo.com/explosive-new- ... 36683.html

by **BigEd76** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 18:02:52

Playoff expansion plan being discussed:

-- Best team in league gets a bye to the Divisional Series
-- Other two division champs and the top 2nd place team will be seeds #2 through #4
-- Three more teams make the playoffs as part of a wild card pool
-- During a Sunday end-of-season "selection show", the #2 seed would get first choice of who they want to play from the wild card pool, then the #3 seed would choose next, leaving the top wild card (#4) to play whatever team remains
-- Wild Card round would be best-of-3, with the higher team hosting all 3 games (so the wild card pool teams would never host a playoff game unless they reach the DS)

So using last year's NL as an example:

#1 Dodgers get a bye to the NLDS
#2 Braves would host a best-of-3 against their choice of the Brewers, Mets or Diamondbacks waiting in the wild card pool
#3 Cardinals would host a best-of-3 against their choice of the remaining two teams in the wild card pool
#4 Nationals would host a best-of-3 against the last remaining team

by **MoBettle** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 18:32:50

What’s the point of a 162 game regular season if you’re gonna do that?

by **BigEd76** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 18:39:11

More playoff teams (i.e. more TV) with more incentive to be the top seed and avoid that shit while not being off for too long

by **MattFoley** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 18:55:14

ek wrote:they get to choose huh? that's different

Can you imagine all the butt hurt social media folks after their team is the first one picked?

by **heyeaglefn** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 19:05:56

MoBettle wrote:What’s the point of a 162 game regular season if you’re gonna do that?

The answer is always money.

by **BigEd76** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 19:11:13

MattFoley wrote:
ek wrote:they get to choose huh? that's different

Can you imagine all the butt hurt social media folks after their team is the first one picked?

How about if this was in place last year and the #2 seed Yankees got first choice among the Rays, Indians or Red Sox? Would they choose the Sawx or avoid them? That's where the drama of the selection show comes into play

by **Bucky** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 19:44:14

it's ass. turning the playoffs into reality tv

by **Wheels Tupay** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 19:48:46

Bucky wrote:it's ass. turning the playoffs into reality tv

Bucky will you accept my rose?

by **Wheels Tupay** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 19:50:41

BigEd76 wrote:Playoff expansion plan being discussed:

-- Best team in league gets a bye to the Divisional Series
-- Other two division champs and the top 2nd place team will be seeds #2 through #4
-- Three more teams make the playoffs as part of a wild card pool
-- During a Sunday end-of-season "selection show", the #2 seed would get first choice of who they want to play from the wild card pool, then the #3 seed would choose next, leaving the top wild card (#4) to play whatever team remains
-- Wild Card round would be best-of-3, with the higher team hosting all 3 games (so the wild card pool teams would never host a playoff game unless they reach the DS)

So using last year's NL as an example:

#1 Dodgers get a bye to the NLDS
#2 Braves would host a best-of-3 against their choice of the Brewers, Mets or Diamondbacks waiting in the wild card pool
#3 Cardinals would host a best-of-3 against their choice of the remaining two teams in the wild card pool
#4 Nationals would host a best-of-3 against the last remaining team

This is so stupid it is going to happen

by **Stripes** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 20:28:47

Wheels Tupay wrote:
BigEd76 wrote:Playoff expansion plan being discussed:

-- Best team in league gets a bye to the Divisional Series
-- Other two division champs and the top 2nd place team will be seeds #2 through #4
-- Three more teams make the playoffs as part of a wild card pool
-- During a Sunday end-of-season "selection show", the #2 seed would get first choice of who they want to play from the wild card pool, then the #3 seed would choose next, leaving the top wild card (#4) to play whatever team remains
-- Wild Card round would be best-of-3, with the higher team hosting all 3 games (so the wild card pool teams would never host a playoff game unless they reach the DS)

So using last year's NL as an example:

#1 Dodgers get a bye to the NLDS
#2 Braves would host a best-of-3 against their choice of the Brewers, Mets or Diamondbacks waiting in the wild card pool
#3 Cardinals would host a best-of-3 against their choice of the remaining two teams in the wild card pool
#4 Nationals would host a best-of-3 against the last remaining team

I hate it!

This is so stupid it is going to happen

by **heyeaglefn** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 20:29:35

The younger generations gonna love it?

by **Wheels Tupay** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 21:03:09

heyeaglefn wrote:The younger generations gonna love it?

for like a year or 2

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 21:12:49

That seems worth its own thread

The positives:

No more dumb one game playoff
I kinda like three game series all in one place as it's similar to regular season. If you're as bad as 5-7 seed, you shouldn't get a home game right away anyway

The negatives:

That's a lot of fucking teams. Going to be some 78-84 teams making it some years.
Seems like it will be a mess when there's ties. Looking at recent standings, it looks like there would have been three different 6-7 seeds in the AL in 2017 at 80-82. What the hell would they do then?

Edit: oh and the best team in each league is finally rewarded, so that's another positive

by **D2S** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 21:48:59

Bucky wrote:it's ass. turning the playoffs into reality tv

What, does baseball have more reverence than the position of POTUS?

by **BigEd76** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 22:46:22

Trevor Bauer doesn't seem to like it:

BauerOutage
No idea who made this new playoff format proposal, but Rob is responsible for releasing it, so I’ll direct this to you, Rob Manfred. Your proposal is absurd for too many reasons to type on twitter and proves you have absolutely no clue about baseball. You’re a joke.

by **06hawkalum** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 22:48:39

BigEd76 wrote:Trevor Bauer doesn't seem to like it:

BauerOutage
No idea who made this new playoff format proposal, but Rob is responsible for releasing it, so I’ll direct this to you, Rob Manfred. Your proposal is absurd for too many reasons to type on twitter and proves you have absolutely no clue about baseball. You’re a joke.

Guy gives zero fucks and I kind of love it.

by **MoBettle** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 22:58:52

philliesphhan wrote:Edit: oh and the best team in each league is finally rewarded, so that's another positive

I like this.

Better version might be going even further, let the top team get a bye to the LCS, then:

1 game play in game:
7 at 4
6 at 5

3 game wild card round
worse advance seed at 2
better advance seed at 3

5 game divisional between the two winners, standard 2-2-1

Then the winner of that plays 1 in a 7 game LCS.

Feel like that's the best balance of giving the best team a pseudo-pennant, rewarding the division winners, while also having a bunch of playoff shenanigans.

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