MLB Proposes Shorter Regular Season, Playoff Changes

Major League Baseball proposed a 154-game regular season during a collective bargaining session with the MLBPA today, per an announcement on X. The league also proposed changes to the postseason that would include extending the Division Series to seven games and allowing higher seeds to choose their opponents. The current 162-game schedule was fully adopted in 1962. The regular season had previously been 154 games, hence the league’s phrasing of a return to that length. The MLB announcement mentions the institution of a “standard weekly off day benefiting player health” under the 154-game schedule. Cutting eight games from the regular season dovetails with the increase in Division Series games. Expanding that round from a five-game set to a seven-game series would mean a maximum of eight extra playoff games. These two changes would take place in 2029, per the league proposal. More to come… View Comments (9)