On Monday, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported that Major League Baseball is “seriously weighing” expanding the postseason to seven teams, where the top team in each league gets a bye, and the top two Wild Card teams to select their opponents. St. Louis Cardinals fans rightly thought this was a joke.
In essence, baseball becomes reality TV such as The Bachelor and the top two wild-card teams get to hand the rose to their choice. Count me out.
Major League Baseball’s goal in expanding the number of teams into the postseason is to limit tanking.