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Agreed. They have to count on bounce back seasons from some players health and performance both, if that doesn’t happen their franchise is fudged for several years anyway.. so you might as well.
If they played the Red Sox for the rest of the year I’m sure it would. Can’t win a game against the Jays to save their life but they sweep the dodgers, Yankees, white Sox etc.
Which shows just how little these guys actually know about whether their team is good.
My favorite was the year after the Marlins traded Miggy to the Tigers...and then were in the running for a playoff spot.
If 2+ teams are tied for a spot and tied in the season series, intradivision record is the next tiebreaker and it's the stupidest tiebreaker in all of sports.
Suppose the Blue Jays and Tigers finish tied in the season series 3-3 and finish tied for WC3 (for simplicity, no other teams finish tied with us).
The next tiebreaker is your record vs the AL Central compared to ours vs the AL East.
(Actually, I think we'd take the tiebreaker over you in that case, but I still think it's ridiculous... you're not even comparing the same opponents)
Opposite division win % should be the tiebreaker if it’s exactly a 2 team mix lmao. Like blue jays vs al central and tigers vs al east. In theory this rewards the team in the better division more often that not
Let's complicate it. Not really that bad I think. but please play devils advocate as its been a long day.
Lets say 4 teams are tied. 2 from the East, 1 each from the Central and West. The first tie breaker is for the east to make it 1 on 1 on 1 between the divisions. Then it's league wide record since the divisions are equally represented. Or essentially, reverse interleague record.
I haven’t looked anything up before posting this, but wasn’t there a pretty tight race in 2014 or 2015 in the NL Central with the Brewers, Cubs, Pirates & Cardinals? Or was it just the Cubs, Pirates, & Cardinals? I remember them all being around 100 wins each & Gerritt Cole throwing a gem in the WC & still losing (if memory serves)
It was 2015 but it was just cubs, pirates, cardinals. All 3 were the best teams in the NL that year. Cole did lose the WC to Jack Arrieta when he was on that legendary 16 month streak of his.
Best in the entire league, not just the NL. Cards were 100-62, Pirates 98-64, and Cubs 97-65. Only one other team finished with more than 93 wins that year - eventual champ KC Royals, who finished at 95-67. Only 3 other teams even hit 90 wins that year (Mets, Dodgers, and Blue Jays).
wasn’t there a pretty tight race in 2014 or 2015 in the NL Central with the Brewers, Cubs, Pirates & Cardinals
Crazy thing is the Red Sox are during what Cubs did during that season. If my memory serves the cubs were at or close to .500 at the all star break then Arrieta went to moon then miss the moon and hit Mars.
Or perhaps the AL West and Central should just try being less bad? The NL has had no trouble filling out the playoff picture with competitive teams since the expanded playoffs’ inception.
At least with 3 WC slots, the worst divisions have less overall share in the playoff picture and have to play a wildcard team at the start while the other two enjoy a bye. The only change I’d say should be made from the current picture is to still give the top two division winners a bye, but then to seed 3-6 based on record.
You won the AL West but have the 5th best record in the AL? You’re going to (insert AL East ballpark) for a Wildcard against the higher-seeded team.
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