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A-Dub 10's avatar

If you put 87 losses as the threshold to be in the lottery then it becomes a race to get to 87. Number of losses would not change the tanking but may increase tanking for marginal teams without a playoff shot. It is the same case if it is the bottom 10 teams in the lotto. The race to the bottom team becomes the competitive approach for some teams.

I hate this but expanding the playoffs may stop some of the tanking. Have a one game play-in for more teams to maintain their focus on getting to the playoffs. The issue for MLB is if teams take a long term approach then tanking may be the best alternative for a franchise.

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Grandpa38's avatar

Jeff, would love to buy you coffee and baseball chat. I'm in Mansfield off Broad. If you're interested there's a Starbucks at 360 and Broad.

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