BREAKING: The MLB playoffs will reportedly expand to 16 teams this season. More details:
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed Thursday to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 for the pandemic-delayed season, a person familiar with the deal said, a decision that makes it likely teams with losing records will reach the post-season.
"It’s such a unique season, why not try a little something different and make it as exciting as possible," said Colorado shortstop Trevor Story, whose team has never won a World Series title. "I know it’s going to be such a sprint with the 60-game season; adding more playoff teams will just add to the fire and the excitement and the fandom around the game. Anything can happen in a 60-game season. I’m all for it.
"From a selfish, White Sox standpoint, I’m certainly in favour of it just for the mere fact that it enhances the possibilities that this group’s going to get exposed to October baseball," Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said. "We’ve talked over the years of this rebuild and into this next stage that learning how to win is part of that. And certainly learning how to win in October is very much part of getting us to our ultimate goals.
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