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Yavin4

(37,182 posts) Mon Oct 16, 2023, 11:11 AM Oct 2023

The crying and gnashing of teeth about how unfair the MLB playoff format is needs to stop. [View all]

MLB has a few teams that are not seriously competing. So, some of these 100 win records are somewhat inflated. For example, 14 of the Dodgers' 100 wins came against the LA Angels and Colorado Rockies. Their record against playoff teams is somewhat more balanced. It's not that surprising that they got bounced in the first round bc their record overstated how good they actually were.

Maybe what MLB needs is what the Euro football leagues do, and that is relegation. If teams are not serious about competing, then they should be relegated to a lower league, maybe AAA or AAA+?

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The crying and gnashing of teeth about how unfair the MLB playoff format is needs to stop. [View all] Yavin4 Oct 2023 OP

Baseball is a game of streaks ... Charging Triceratops Oct 2023 #1

Go Diamondbacks! MLAA Oct 2023 #2

True. But if the teams are relatively equal going in, no one would complain. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #3

How are you gonna design a schedule for good teams to play only good teams??? awesomerwb1 Oct 2023 #5

Relegation! Yavin4 Oct 2023 #6

You could find the same argument for every team in MLB awesomerwb1 Oct 2023 #4

You can definitely be "overrated" in MLB. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #7

All teams play really bad teams throughout the year, every single one of them awesomerwb1 Oct 2023 #8

How is it silly? Yavin4 Oct 2023 #9

What's really needed: a true SALARY CAP and real REVENUE SHARING Auggie Oct 2023 #10

MLB does have a very progressive luxury tax system Yavin4 Oct 2023 #11

A luxury tax means nothing to a team with billions Auggie Oct 2023 #12

The Mets paid over $30 million in luxury taxes. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #13

So? Auggie Oct 2023 #14

The problem isn't a salary cap. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #15

The Athletics are an exception. Teams like Cleveland will never have the financial resources ... Auggie Oct 2023 #16

Out of the top 10 payrolls, 6 teams made the playoffs. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #17

I can't fix poor ownership and management decisions ... Auggie Oct 2023 #18

In the last 10 years... Yavin4 Oct 2023 #19

Disagree, Yav ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #20

Point taken. Yavin4 Oct 2023 #21