Number of Wildcard Teams

[rdomico]

I can't see a way to do this. I am thinking it can not be done.

I want 2 sub leagues. Each has 8 teams in it. I want the top 4 teams in each subleague to go to the playoffs. That would be one division winner plus 3 wildcard teams per sub league.

It looks like the game just uses enough wildcard teams to make the number of playoff teams a power of 2.

I wanted to do this so the best 4 teams in a sub league go to the playoffs. With multiple divisions per sub league, sometimes one division is very weak and better teams in the other division do not make the playoffs.

thanks

[Carplos]

Originally Posted by rdomico

It looks like the game just uses enough wildcard teams to make the number of playoff teams a power of 2.

Yeah, that's how it is. I was hoping we'd be able to choose the length of the playoffs in the power of twos.

[zuty]

You ought to double-check this. I don't think this game selects wild cards the same way real MLB does.

I played a league with two sub leagues, each with two divisions. Total = four divisions. I called for division winners AND wildcards to make the playoffs. Total playoff teams = eight teams.

THe standings were something like:

DIVISION A
Boston 90-72
New York 88-74
Toronto 80-82
Baltimore 62-100

DIVISION B
St. Louis 101-61
Denver 72-90
Kansas City 71-91
Detroit 70-92

And the teams that made the playoffs were Boston, St. Louis, New York and Toronto. Two wildcards from the same division.

So weak or strong, it's still the division winners plus the next best teams -- not the next-best from each division.

[DerekT]

Originally Posted by zuty

You ought to double-check this. I don't think this game selects wild cards the same way real MLB does.

I played a league with two sub leagues, each with two divisions. Total = four divisions. I called for division winners AND wildcards to make the playoffs. Total playoff teams = eight teams.

THe standings were something like:

DIVISION A
Boston 90-72
New York 88-74
Toronto 80-82
Baltimore 62-100

DIVISION B
St. Louis 101-61
Denver 72-90
Kansas City 71-91
Detroit 70-92

And the teams that made the playoffs were Boston, St. Louis, New York and Toronto. Two wildcards from the same division.

So weak or strong, it's still the division winners plus the next best teams -- not the next-best from each division.

As far as I knew the real MLB has only one wildcard slot per league. So I don't quite understand your MLB complaint?

[thomasthomas]

MLB only has 1 wildcard per league, though. This setup has 2 wildcards, so it would be NY & Toronto as the wildcards.