MLB Talks Resume Sunday; Scherzer Favors Playoff ‘Ghost Win’
Mar 5, 2022, 2:22 PM
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 10: Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred answers questions during an MLB owner's meeting at the Waldorf Astoria on February 10, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Manfred addressed the ongoing lockout of players, which owners put in place after the league's collective bargaining agreement ended on December 1, 2021.
NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of a 14-team postseason start off a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead.
Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand the postseason from 10 teams.
Union, MLB scheduled to meet tomorrow, sources tell @TheAthletic.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 5, 2022
The union prefers 12 but Scherzer said players would consider 14 if clubs would agree to the “ghost win” format.
MLB’s 14-team plan calls for the division winner with the best regular-season record in each league to get a bye.
The two other division winners would choose their opponents.
