Should MLB Extend the Season?

[Jagwar]

On 9/22/2023 at 11:26 PM, DirtyBird said:

No

 

On 9/22/2023 at 11:58 PM, Uli2001 said:

Well, that was a well-reasoned reply.

@DirtyBird answered your question, didn't he? 

[CynBeth]

I agree with those who said shorten the season and also add the number of players allowed in September. 

[Sanity Check]

30 minutes ago, CynBeth said:

I agree with those who said shorten the season and also add the number of players allowed in September. 

If you shorten the season, do the players take a pay cut?  After all, they are "working" less.  How would that work?  

The contracts are guaranteed, so the teams will have 8 fewer games of revenue throughout the year....and that's where no one budges from the current format.

[DrungoHazewood]

On 9/22/2023 at 11:25 PM, Uli2001 said:

I see a lot of contenders having injuries and just running out of gas, period. Perhaps a 162-game schedule from April to September is no longer tenable in modern baseball. These are not the days of a beer-gut Babe trotting leisurely around the bases. The sport has become very athletic and fast, pitchers are throwing 100-mph fastballs almost routinely.

They will never reduce the number of games ($$), so perhaps they should consider starting the season in mid-March, or earlier, to provide more days off to the teams. I believe that they will have to do it, sooner or later.

I think it's unlikely they do that. I believe that teams will devise strategies to counter late-season fatigue. They are probably still determining the impacts and implementation strategies of a world with the three-batter rule and managing to more-or-less twice through the order for starters. There's a competitive advantage to employing strategies for 162 games in six months where you might not play 100% to win today, but your team is still whole and functioning on October 1st. Someone will figure this out.

Baseball is mostly an outside game, and it's already uncomfortable to play in a lot of places in April and October/November. In the US soccer plays in February/March and there are a lot of parka games for the spectators. That's not baseball weather.

[Porky]

On 9/23/2023 at 7:32 AM, Can_of_corn said:

Nothing unrealistic about the current system.  The only reason folks are saying anything is that they are rooting for a playoff team with a gassed pitching staff.

If the O's were 20 games out would this thread exist?

This is on Elias and Hyde for not compensating for this stretch.

Agreed. 162 games have been played since 1961/1962. Teams have been playing in the current system for a long time now.

It's up to playoff-bound teams to ensure that their roster is constructed to thrive in that system.

[forphase1]

Don't reduce the number of games.   Add a few more roster spots to help with late season fatigue.

[ONUOsFan]

On 9/22/2023 at 11:25 PM, Uli2001 said:

They will never reduce the number of games ($$), so perhaps they should consider starting the season in mid-March, or earlier, to provide more days off to the teams. I believe that they will have to do it, sooner or later.

There are a bunch of Major League stadiums in places whose climates can barely support games in April.