Camden Chat · Jul 24, 2020
The expanded 2020 playoffs have given every team a boost, except for the Orioles
Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty ImagesThe strange circumstances surrounding the 2020 MLB season got even stranger just hours before the first pitch of the season yesterday, as the players and the league agreed to expand the playoffs from a 10-team field to a 16-team field. The change means that eight teams per league will make it, with division winners choosing their opponents for a best-of-three wild card round in a televised selection show.
For the baseball teams from whom nothing good was expected this season, that change makes a big difference. With a shortened 60-game season plus a bigger postseason field, the opportunity is there for things to get weird.