This would be the new Playoffs that the MLB wants for 2022

Much is speculated and rumored in the midst of this work stoppage in the Major Leagues – MLB and this would be the proposal by the league to equipment for the Playoffs of the best baseball in the season 2022.

Multiple sources have reported that the MLB is proposing 14 teams for the Playoffs (seven per league), four more to date. However, the Players Union wants 12 classifieds to the “Promised Land”, without a doubt one of the important things that arise in those negotiations that still do not agree on anything concrete for the upcoming 2022 season.

This would be the Playoffs of 14 teams

• The best record in each league advances to the best-of-five Division Series, while the other six teams play best-of-three Wild Card Series.
• The other two Division winners and the best wild card team not only get to pick their opponent, they will host all three games over three consecutive days.
• The three winners advance and the playoffs continue as they are now: best-of-five Division Series, Championship Series and World Series.

MLB playoff format is set fans gonna love it – 7 playoff teams per league – Team with best record gets bye and goes to Div Series – Top remaining Div Winner picks opponent from the 4 wild card teams and plays best of three all games at home – Then the 3rd Div winner does the same

— Craig Carton (@craigcartonlive) February 17, 2022

Many fans and specialists do not like the idea of ​​expanding the Playoffs to 14 teams, however, they are negotiations that are still on the table for the owners and the union, taking into account that this implies a lot of money involved.

Also, this format shows many, many changes in the Major League postseason.

Extended Postseason Background (2020)

Due to the pandemic and the season shortened to 60 games, the MLB Playoffs in 2020 consisted of 16 teams, at first they were somewhat rejected, but for many people they liked it and they really gave away emotions, demonstrating this precedent that by 2022 we could return to an expanded postseason and not be so strange for the fans and the teams themselves.

On the other hand, these formats undoubtedly favor organizations with good records, since they guarantee their participation in the postseason and a clear example was in 2020 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, who were the two best of the course and played the World Series.