A new wrinkle has been added to the 2020 Major League Baseball season — at the last minute.
While the season-opening game was being played in Washington DC, MLB and the players union announced they have agreed to expand the postseason field from 10 teams to 16 teams for the 2020 season.
Here’s an excerpt from the joint statement:
Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) jointly announced today that the 2020 Postseason will expand to 16 teams, beginning with eight best-of-three Wild Card Series preceding the Division Series. All of the new Postseason games will be exclusively televised by ESPN and TBS.