The Mets choke stuff that has been floating about is a little unfair. They didn't have the depth last year. This year, they had winning months every month if I remember correctly but after the All-Star game, Atlanta was on an amazing pace. There is no way a team of that depth, that now knows how to win it all, was going to fade. But the Mets did have a relatively poor last two months and they only needed one win against Atlanta to win the head to head.
MLB Now did a "what could be" segment using last year's playoff structure and a what if the MLB Players Association got their way structure. With the latter, Milwaukee and the Orioles would be in. With the former, the Phillies and Rays would be out (at the time of the broadcast) and we'd see Padres at Mets for a one-game playoff for the right to meet the Dodgers while the Cards played in Atlanta. In the AL, Mariners at Blue Jays and the winner would play Houston while the Guardians would be at the Yankees to start.
Bob Costas suggested that he wished the drama of the one game could be held so that the two worst wild card teams play each other in a one game playoff to see who advances. The league winner gets to pick their opponent (kind of like an NCAA selection Sunday), then the second best team picks. The third best division winner gets whoever is left. So, we'd have the three division winners and the best wild card team guaranteed a series. That would mean Padres hosting the Phillies for one game and the Mariners hosting the Rays. I actually like that idea.
MLB Now did a "what could be" segment using last year's playoff structure and a what if the MLB Players Association got their way structure. With the latter, Milwaukee and the Orioles would be in. With the former, the Phillies and Rays would be out (at the time of the broadcast) and we'd see Padres at Mets for a one-game playoff for the right to meet the Dodgers while the Cards played in Atlanta. In the AL, Mariners at Blue Jays and the winner would play Houston while the Guardians would be at the Yankees to start.
Bob Costas suggested that he wished the drama of the one game could be held so that the two worst wild card teams play each other in a one game playoff to see who advances. The league winner gets to pick their opponent (kind of like an NCAA selection Sunday), then the second best team picks. The third best division winner gets whoever is left. So, we'd have the three division winners and the best wild card team guaranteed a series. That would mean Padres hosting the Phillies for one game and the Mariners hosting the Rays. I actually like that idea.
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