With a potential lockout just a couple of days away, officials from Major League Baseball and the MLBPA are meeting in Dallas this week in hopes of closing on a new CBA deal. ESPN’s Jesse Rogers reported Monday afternoon that expanded playoffs and a draft lottery modeled after the NBA’s draft lottery are elements of the latest CBA proposal from MLB to the MLBPA.
The expanded playoffs proposal expands the playoff field to 14 teams with seven from each league. The team with the best record from each league would receive a bye during the first round, which would also feature three-game series with the higher seeded teams hosting.