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MLB playoff format change could have spared Cardinals 2022 disaster

Original: MLB proposed playoff changes could have saved the Cardinals from 2022 playoff disaster MLB just proposed letting teams p

MLB has proposed letting playoff teams choose their opponents in the Wild Card and Division Series rounds. Baseball fans are revisiting the 2022 postseason, arguing that under this format the St. Louis Cardinals could have avoided their quick exit that year, when they were swept in the Wild Card round and eliminated without winning a game.

Why now: The proposed opponent-selection rule prompts fans to reexamine how past playoff outcomes, like St. Louis's 2022 sweep, might have differed.

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• MLB proposed playoff changes could have saved the Cardinals from 2022 playoff disaster MLB just proposed letting teams pick their playoff opponent in the Wild Card and Division Series, and if that had been the case in 2022, the St. Louis Cardinals have have avoided the… · cardinals@gamefan.net · 2

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