1. Let Tampa move to Montreal
2. Let the A’s move to Portland or Vegas
Then announce two expansion franchises: Austin/San Antonio and Mexico City
That brings MLB to 32 teams. Break out into two 16 team leagues.
Play 156 game regular season.
For the playoffs: if you win your division you get a bye into the divisional series. So winning the division is again a priority.
If you finish last in your division you are out.
#2 and #3 will play a wild card elimination game at the stadium of the #2 team. Eight divisions, so that’s eight all-or-nothing games to be broadcast over Fri-Sat-Sun weekend. And because it’s win or go home, each team will throw their ace, so it should be fantastic for TV.
Divisional series is 5 games. LCS and WS are 7 games.