10 teams in the playoffs??

[Justinlstn]

Owners approve adding another WC to each league, although this probably helps our chances a tiny bit of making the playoffs one day i can't help but loathe the idea of this. Thats 1/3 of the league in the playoffs

[Sports Guy]

And still less than the rest of pro sports.

Good idea..glad they did it.

It also allows the top team a little bit of an advantage, which they should have.

[blid]

Seems like the wildcard teams are barely even in the playoffs. They have to compete in a "play-in" game basically, win or go home. Good advantage for the div winners like SG said.

[Spy Fox]

When will they determine the structure of the play-in round?

Last I heard it was undetermined whether the two wild cards would play a one-game elimination or a three-game series.

[PaulFolk]

When will they determine the structure of the play-in round?

Last I heard it was undetermined whether the two wild cards would play a one-game elimination or a three-game series.

I think they decided (don't know if it's official) that it'll be a one-game elimination. That way the other playoff teams won't have to sit around too long waiting for the wild-card series to finish.

[OFFNY]

C

Let me know when one of 2 things happen:

A. The Orioles win at least 83 games or more in a season, so we can at least be mentioned in the same breath as the other teams that are contending for the pennant.

B. MLB expands the playoffs to 22 teams, which would thereby also have us in the conversation for a possible playoff spot.

Either way, I'll be tuned in to our beloved Orioles, as always.