Should Major League Baseball change it's playoff format?

Question

With the NL West the obvious weakest division in baseball with no team in the divisionhaving a record above .500 is it fair for one of those teams to make the playoffs. I mean yeah someone has to win the NL West come the end of the year, but with a record below .500 should they be guaranteed a playoff spot. Especially with 3 teams in the NL Central clearly deserving of a playoff spot. So should MLB change their format and just take the 4 best records from each league instead of the division winners and a wild card?

Answer 1

No. There would be no point of divisions that way.

Answer 2

What they should change is the All-Star Game deciding home field advantage for the World Series.

Answer 3

No, I think they should leave it the way it is. Like everyone has said, if they changed it to that format, there would be no need for divisions. It does suck that a handful of teams with a better record than the NL West winner will be going home but that's just the way it is.

Answer 4

No,its a good format

Answer 5

They should add more teams to the playoffs and add another round. 8 best teams for each leauge 16 wins gets you the World Series and another month of playoff Baseball.

Answer 6

If your going to do that, why have divisions? I don't agree with you.

Answer 7

Yes. It should do away with any playoff wild cards and have the top team wait on the winner of the second third best division winners to playoff.

Answer 8

No. Leave the system as is. You're occasionally going to have blips (such as having a division champion with a barely .500 record). Some NBA fans have had the same argument because the Western Conference was far superior to the Eastern Conference in 2007. But that's no reason to change things.

Sometimes, the system is unfair. But more times than not, it's just right.