Post by Kansas City Royals on Sept 11, 2023 3:40:35 GMT
Allow me to preface this by stating that I'm fully aware of how awful my team was the last few days. My bats went 1-34 yesterday. Literally. Only God, or possibly Doctor Who and the Tardis could have saved me. So I'm not suggesting this because it would have helped me.
But as a way to eliminate bad matchups and bad break losses, and a way to reward excellent teams, I think it might be worth it to consider the following as a playoff format.
1. Week 1. No conferences. Top 4 teams by win percentage get byes. Everyone else (teams 5-12) is thrown into a giant 8-headed matchup. Essentially roto for one week. Top 4 teams advance to week 2.
2. Week 2. Week 2 actually encompasses the LCS now. So it's a 2 week, 8 vs all matchup. Again, essentially 2 week roto for the remaining 8. Top 2 teams advance to play the 2 week championship.
I'm sure there would need to be tiebreakers, but as a general rule, if you have a dominant week with the bats or arms, you'd place 1st or second and you'd move on, because that's how it's supposed to work. No random fluke losses because you played the one team that was better than you. Unless it's the WS. Then you still lose. I shouldn't have made it past Oakland. He'd win that matchup 9 weeks out of 10. I feel like this format would give sustained excellence a better chance. And isn't that what you build a team for? To be good when it matters? It's mostly fun being a junkyard dog that occasionally topples giants with random waiver wire fodder. But I'm not sure it's rewarding in the way you want a league to be rewarding. I think this might play out better for everyone.
But as a way to eliminate bad matchups and bad break losses, and a way to reward excellent teams, I think it might be worth it to consider the following as a playoff format.
1. Week 1. No conferences. Top 4 teams by win percentage get byes. Everyone else (teams 5-12) is thrown into a giant 8-headed matchup. Essentially roto for one week. Top 4 teams advance to week 2.
2. Week 2. Week 2 actually encompasses the LCS now. So it's a 2 week, 8 vs all matchup. Again, essentially 2 week roto for the remaining 8. Top 2 teams advance to play the 2 week championship.
I'm sure there would need to be tiebreakers, but as a general rule, if you have a dominant week with the bats or arms, you'd place 1st or second and you'd move on, because that's how it's supposed to work. No random fluke losses because you played the one team that was better than you. Unless it's the WS. Then you still lose. I shouldn't have made it past Oakland. He'd win that matchup 9 weeks out of 10. I feel like this format would give sustained excellence a better chance. And isn't that what you build a team for? To be good when it matters? It's mostly fun being a junkyard dog that occasionally topples giants with random waiver wire fodder. But I'm not sure it's rewarding in the way you want a league to be rewarding. I think this might play out better for everyone.
