AL playoff bracket will be imbalanced, so should that spark a format change?
📍 How it ended
{ "epilogue": "Coverage highlighted concerns that MLB's fixed bracket and current playoff seeding could unfairly punish the American League's best teams. Discussions centered on whether this imbalance should spark a format change so that seeding better reflects team quality.
Ultimately, the story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage." }
Epilogue added 1h ago, after coverage quieted.
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AL playoff bracket will be imbalanced, so should that spark a format change? The New York Times · 40d ago broke it first
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