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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Okay let’s use the Japanese playoffs as a comparable.
It’s a 12 team league, and 6 teams make the playoffs. Top team in each league, plus two other teams.
So 50% of the teams make the playoffs…in the MLB if 50% of the teams make the playoffs you’d have a 15 team playoff system.
If MLB went to a 16 team playoff, but gave the higher seeded team an automatic 1-0 series lead in the first round (which they do in Japan) that would be awesome.
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That would be fun. But remember, North American sports wants parity and randomness, and then complain about ratings.