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Originally Posted by Hells Bells
That SE division is absolutely atrocious, certainly does not reduce the "terrible division winner" issue.
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Maybe.
The Braves are historically pretty good. Rays go in eb and flows but are usually pretty good. Nationals have been good prior to this rebuild they are going through now.
In the end if you only have 4 divisions and 4 division winners it will remove the terrible division winner issue - there will be at least one good team in that division each year.
And in the end with more balanced schedules it won't impact the overall playoff race a ton.
It will have fewer bad division winners than an 8 division structure would have for sure, in that type of structure you probably guarantee yourself at least 2 bad division winners a year.