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MLB finalizes postseason ‘bubble’ plan, locations

While I’m not sure the expanded playoff format MLB has adopted for this 2020 season is viable long-term, there’s one particular aspect of it that has me vexed.

The Cincinnati Reds are 3 games under .500 with just 11 games left on their schedule, are sending a reliever to the mound to start in place of an injured one-time Cy Young Award contender, and I am completely excited on every possible level to watch it happen. Despite underperforming in almost every way for the bulk of their season, the Reds sit just a game and a half back from a playoff spot, and as we all know well, the playoffs are a virtual crapshoot once you sneak on in.