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Playoff format, How would you set it up? 

Post#1 » by CrymeTime » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:12 am

I think the MLB should change its plays format to this:

Division winners are not guaranteed a top 3 playoff spot, but are guaranteed a playoff spot.
Order the the Division winners + Wild Card teams 1-5 for example

Using 2010 as an example:

1)Rays: 96-66
2)Yankees: 95-67 (WC 1)
3)Minnesota: 94-68
4) Texas: 90-72
5) Redsox: 89-73 (WC 2)

1 game playoff between Texas and Boston

I think this is more fair. Even though Texas won it's division, they were only good enough to have the 4th best record overall. So they should have to play in the 1 game playoff.

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Under the 2012 format, the #1 team is supposed to be given an advantage. The Standings would have been:
1)Rays
2)Twins
3)Rangers
4) Yankees
5) Redsox

The only way the Rays get the advantage, is if the the RedSox win the 1 game playoff.

If the Yankees win, the advantage would then go to Twins, because they would be the 2/3 matchup.

What would you guys like to see?
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Re: Playoff format, How would you set it up? 

Post#2 » by Skin Blues » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:26 am

30 team league, balanced schedule, top 8 make playoffs, standard seeding ie 8v1, 7v2, etc. Or two 15 team conferences, balanced schedule, top 4 from each conference make the playoffs, standard seeding. It's too simple and makes too much sense to ever actually happen. For whatever reason, "purists" prefer the convolution of a bunch of tiny, arbitrary divisions.
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Re: Playoff format, How would you set it up? 

Post#3 » by rtcaino » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:14 am

Two divisions and six play-off teams per league.

Two division winners and four Wild Card teams make it per league, like the NFL.

Four wild card teams per league duke it out in a short series to move on. Division winners get a bye, and a clear benefit for winning division.
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Post#4 » by JamalGM » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:04 pm

Skin Blues wrote:30 team league, balanced schedule, top 8 make playoffs, standard seeding ie 8v1, 7v2, etc. Or two 15 team conferences, balanced schedule, top 4 from each conference make the playoffs, standard seeding. It's too simple and makes too much sense to ever actually happen. For whatever reason, "purists" prefer the convolution of a bunch of tiny, arbitrary divisions.

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Post#5 » by Skin Blues » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:17 pm

No, NHL has two 15 team conferences with 8 teams each making the playoffs, which is why they always have sub-.500 teams in the post-season. The part that you bolded doesn't have any conferences, just one big league with 8 total teams making the playoffs. And the NHL doesn't have a balanced schedule, they have divisions. And division winners are given the highest seeds as opposed to the best teams getting the highest seeds, case in point the Dallas Stars being seeded 3rd in the West as of today despite having the same amount of points as the 8th seed.
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Post#6 » by Mattd97 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:47 pm

TJ Caino wrote:Two divisions and six play-off teams per league.

Two division winners and four Wild Card teams make it per league, like the NFL.

Four wild card teams per league duke it out in a short series to move on. Division winners get a bye, and a clear benefit for winning division.


for the record nfl has 4 division winners and 2 wildcard teams in each conference, not the other way around

but honestly a 1 game playoff after having to play 160 games is really quite dumb. the nfl does 6 (12) team playoffs just fine
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Re: Playoff format, How would you set it up? 

Post#7 » by A-Mac78 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:18 pm

30 teams, 12 should make the post season. Copy the NFL format, done and done.

Top 2 teams in each league get byes to the 2nd round and the remaining 8 teams battle it out. Also we change to 2 15 team divisions with teams finishing 3-6 playing in the 1st round.
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Post#8 » by LittleOzzy » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:28 pm

Wouldn't a bye for division winners be too long for them to take off?
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Post#9 » by satyr9 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:01 am

My idea will be reviled by most, but I like 14 teams, basically NHL/NBA minus 8th seeds. But, first round is 1 game only, so 2-7, 3-6, 4-5, and first in the league, and only first, gets a bye. Play out the rest the way it's always been with 4 teams, but they get their extra playoff teams, don't jeopardize their 162 games. We get a fantastic day or two of insanity and fist place really matters 'cause the first round is one gigantic crapshoot, which would hopefully keep the top teams competing and fighting for each win all 162.

I'd simultaneously run a 16-team one-game series playoffs for the draft, winner gets first overall. I am so freaking tired of rewarding the worst team. IMO with the value of picks in all sports increasing it's the biggest mistake not changing how they are doled out because you incentivize and, in some leagues, force teams to become worse to actually become better.
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Post#10 » by Skin Blues » Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:00 am

You lost me at 12 of the 14 top teams being in a 1 game playoff after a 162 game season. Not only will this never happen, but it makes no sense at all for anybody. I like the idea of some sort of tournament to decide the draft picks, though. And it seems to be something the owners would be interested in as well.
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Re: Playoff format, How would you set it up? 

Post#11 » by rtcaino » Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:33 am

Mattd97 wrote:
TJ Caino wrote:Two divisions and six play-off teams per league.

Two division winners and four Wild Card teams make it per league, like the NFL.

Four wild card teams per league duke it out in a short series to move on. Division winners get a bye, and a clear benefit for winning division.


for the record nfl has 4 division winners and 2 wildcard teams in each conference, not the other way around


Ya for sure --

The 6 play-off teams per league (/conference), and two byes would be the similarities.
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Post#12 » by rtcaino » Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:36 am

LittleOzzy wrote:Wouldn't a bye for division winners be too long for them to take off?


Ya, that is the one draw back of my plan.

Not sure how to rectify that excatly... Could have a double-header followed by a tie breaker if necessary. but ya, that is probably insane.

plus each wild card team would want to host a game -- necessitating a travel day.
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Re: Playoff format, How would you set it up? 

Post#13 » by CPT » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:13 am

I like the idea of going to an NFL style format. NHL and NBA probably have too many teams make it.

Two divisions per league, division winners get a 1st round bye.

Top two WC teams play bottom two, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5. The catch being that the top two teams get all 3 games at home. Would suck for one team, but it's better than no playoff spot and the same thing as a one game playoff on the road. Could do a 2-1 split, but that would probably add an extra day.

Advancing teams play the two division winners in 5 game series.

ALCS, NLCS, and World Series remain best of 7s.
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Re: Playoff format, How would you set it up? 

Post#14 » by breignchile » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:33 am

My playoff format would look like this:

-The top six teams from each league make the playoffs irrespective of divisions
-The two best teams get a bye
-Team 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in a three game series
-This series should take place starting immediately after the season's last regular season game
-The lower ranked team should have the first game at home
-Also, this "wildcard" playoff should not have an off day
-The next series should start the day after game three
-The team with the best record will play the lowest ranked team to advance
-The remaining playoffs would be seven games and have appropriate off days*

* The playoffs could also have two 5 game series or a 5 game series followed by a 7 game series like the current format before advancing to the World Series
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Post#15 » by BossManJr » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:40 pm

This is what I would do.

Play 150 Games.
Top 8 teams in the NL and AL make it
Division leaders dont go to another seed (like in the NHL) So it just goes by wins.
3 best of 7 series before you get to the World series (world series is also best out of 7)

Bluejays would make the playoffs like every year.
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Post#16 » by BossManJr » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:44 pm

This is what I would do.

Play 150 Games.
Top 8 teams in the NL and AL make it
Division leaders dont go to another seed (like in the NHL) So it just goes by wins.
3 best of 7 series before you get to the World series (world series is also best out of 7)

Bluejays would make the playoffs like every year.

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