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The MLB Playoff Structure Is Changing. How Will That Affect This Year and Beyond?

The MLB Playoff Structure Is Changing. How Will That Affect This Year and Beyond?

FromThe Ringer MLB Show


The MLB Playoff Structure Is Changing. How Will That Affect This Year and Beyond?

FromThe Ringer MLB Show

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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Sep 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We lead the podcast by discussing the news that commissioner Rob Manfred and team owners want to make the 2020 playoff structure (16 teams and a three-game series in the first round) permanent (1:35). Then, we discuss how the MLB playoff bubble will affect this year and how team strategies will change because there are no days off in between games (18:38). Finally, we preview a weekend full of key series for the 2020 playoff picture (31:58) before discussing the largest movers by playoff odds this past week (48:13).

Hosts: Michael Baumann, Ben Lindbergh, Zach Kram
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Released:
Sep 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A rotating cast of Ringer staff members break down baseball's biggest and silliest stories, mixing in interviews with plugged-in media members and insiders from the front office to the dugout.