What Has the Postseason Schedule done to Major League Baseball?
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This year Major League Baseball is instituting a new playoff format. One that could severly alter the World Series winner. With teams getting multiple days off, the best team may not win. Even though they did not always in the past, it was closer than this could be. With the numerous off days in the postseason, the #4 and #5 starter do not even have to pitch.
The #3 starter may not have to pitch much at all either. So teams that have horrid back ends of the rotation, but have good #1 and #2 pitchers now have higher chances fo succeeding. Teams like the Padres who can have Peavy and Young pitch 15 times in the entire postseason and only be on four days rest a handful of times. This is ridiculous. This especially comes into play with relievers who can pitch back-to-back days and get a day off, then do it again. Teams only need 2 or 3 good relievers, maybe 4.
The Boston Red Sox who have a better bullpen than anybody in baseball now can only put out so many of their great relievers. Plus, you need to mix in the #4 and #5 starter every once in a while. To think this is all being done, because FOX and TBS want playoff games on the weekends as much as possible. As they did not start the games late enough to begin with. I understand that this is how it is and we have to live with it, but there are too many off days in this postseason. Think about the team that sweeps in the NLCS and has to wait 8 days to play their next game. Just a little bit of rust to knock off.
