Maybe this might get Mike Trout back into the playoffs.Major League Baseball is tossing around plenty of ideas these days to start up after the coronavirus pandemic -- DHs in the National League, neutral-site games, personal rosin bags for pitchers.Now comes a proposal certain to truly upend the sport: Up to 16 playoff teams.More than half of the 30 clubs advance.
No need to finish over .500, probably. This skewed season, heck, 35 wins could be enough to play into October.What’s next, the Winnipeg Jets in the World Series?OK, we’ve heard this before, that an extra wild-card team or two represents the NHL-ization of baseball.