MLB proposes 154-game season, best-of-7 Division Series and playoff pick option

I cannot sufficiently express how much I support a system where the higher playoff seed gets to pick their opponent in the next round. This feels like something with minimal impact on actual baseball but *enormous* potential for Drama

MLB proposals in a bargaining session with MLBPA today: - Starting in 2029, cut regular season from 162 games to 154 - Starting in 2027, higher seeds in Wild Card and Division Series choose their opponents - Division Series expands to 7 games

MLB proposed trimming the regular season to 154 games, expanding the Division Series to best-of-seven and allowing higher-seeded teams to pick their opponents in the first two rounds of the playoffs. sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...

There may be situations where I'd be okay with a 154-game season but this thing where MLB keeps chipping away at the regular season to expand the playoffs is not one of them. www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mlb...

The MLB's postseason is so short relative to the regular season compared to other sports leagues Cutting the regular season to 154 games and making the Division Series 7 games would only make a slight difference

@espn.com incorrectly states here that MLB would be the first professional sports league with a 'pick your opponent' playoff format. This is wrong. Professional domestic soccer league MLS Next Pro has utilized that structure for the past four years. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

I'm sure the rest of what MLB is proposing in its next CBA is hot garbage, but... I'm very here for the "higher seed picks its opponent in the playoffs" idea. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

For the record, extending the MLB division series is a good proposal, and so is shortening the regular season. But the only thing that actually matters in these negotiations is the salary cap and the owners are just waving shiny objects to try and get people to focus on anything else.

Wild card games should be one-game, sudden-death, and the Division Series should be 7 games. #MLBPlayoffs

The Division Series needs to go to best of 7. These games are too good. Bonus: you can restore the greatness of the Wild Card by going back to the superior one game winner-take-all to make room in the calendar for an expanded DS.

Major League Baseball has proposed to shorten its regular season to 154 games starting in 2029 and to expand the division series to a best-of-seven format. MLB also wants to allow higher-seeded teams to choose their opponent both in early rounds of the playoffs. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Ignoring the legion of fans who actually look forward to weekday afternoon games. Sounds about right for Manfred. "A shorter regular season unlocks making October even better for our fans -- with fewer weekday afternoon games, a longer Division Series, ..." www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Specifically on the division series...I always a fan of it being 7 games...but I kinda like the crapshoot of a 5-game set. Where anything can happen. But..also okay with a 7-game series because, as I stated before, more baseball is generally good.

If they extend the division series out to 7 (and they should) I think they should do similar to the WC round and go best of 5, but make it all at the host team's park.

I like the 7 games division series. I don't like the other parts especially that a team can choose their opponent.