If you haven’t heard the news, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is looking to expand the playoff race from the current 10 team format to a 14 team format. This would add two more teams from the National League and American League. The best team in each league would also receive a bye round, and Wild Card games would be extended to Wild Card series (best 2 of 3). One very interesting change would be that the top 3 teams that do not receive a bye round would get the opportunity to choose who they will play next.
Nothing is written in stone yet, as it still needs to go through the player association, but the current timeline is to have this all in place by the 2022 season.