Commissioner Rob Manfred isn’t afraid to think of new ways to improve Major League Baseball. He also doesn’t know the line where improvements end up destroying the game. Even if the latest proposal would have put the 2014 New York Mets in the postseason, it’s hard to really get on board with a system where 7 teams make the postseason.
As Tim Britton of The Athletic pointed out, putting 7 teams from each league into the playoffs would have made the forgettable 2014 Mets postseason squad despite having a 79-83 record. This isn’t the NBA.