We have known for years that Major League Baseball has wanted to increase the number of playoff teams in this Collective Bargaining Agreement. Rather than looking at the incredible playoff chase that happened this year — the AL Wild Card spots came down to the final day and had a fairly large chance of requiring multiple tiebreakers — and acknowledging the success of the 10-team playoff format that has been in existence since 2012, the league has fought to add four more teams to the postseason.
Over the past few days, we have taken a look at the history of two important issues that drive the current lockout, the Competitive Balance Tax and player movement.