Back in February, I challenged the notion that expanded playoffs — which are evidently here to stay, according to Rob Manfred — would not incentivize more teams to make a postseason push, but rather provide a playoff path for teams that believe chanting, “Anything can happen in October,” is an acceptable alternative to investing in improving their roster for a World Series run.
And here we are, as the Cleveland Indians are on a seven-game slide and staring up at both the White Sox and the Twins in the standings with less than two weeks left in the regular season, yet have a 97.