Five middle-class teams primed to take advantage if playoffs expand
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With the baseball world focused on the Astros' scandal, reports surfaced in early February that MLB is considering expanding its playoff field in 2022. If adopted, seven teams in each league would make the postseason; the team with the best record in each leaFive middle-class teams primed to take advantage if playoffs expand
With the baseball world focused on the Astros' scandal, reports surfaced in early February that MLB is considering expanding its playoff field in 2022. If adopted, seven teams in each league would make the postseason; the team with the best record in each league would get a first-round bye. Perhaps this was just commissioner Rob Manfred's effort to distract from sign-stealing purgatory. If so, good job, commish. The leaked proposal, which generated much chatter, has merit. Most importantly, it would hugely benefit baseball's middle class. In recent years, baseball’s best teams have grown more dominant, leaving the rest in the dust. In 2017, three teams won 100 games — the first time that has happened since 2003. In 2018, it happened again, and, in 2019, four teams hit triple-digit wins. Meanwhile, in 2018, three teams lost 100 games in the same season for the first time since 2002. Last season, four teams lost at least that many. The best teams are getting better, and the bottom-feeders are getting worse, m Read more