The most exciting part of Major League Baseball’s proposal to the players association for the 2020 season was an expanded 16-team postseason. What more thrilling way for baseball to return from destructive labor negotiations than a campaign in which two-thirds of the teams had a legitimate shot at the playoffs.
Alas, the union decided maintaining its right to file a grievance against the league was more important than more teams making the postseason.
Keeping the current playoff format (10 teams) probably won’t matter to the Yankees and Dodgers, but a number of teams' playoff dreams were reliant on the 16-team format.