{"id":168517,"date":"2026-10-08T18:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mlb-proposes-changing-season-and-postseason-format-for-2029\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T18:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:38:24","slug":"mlb-proposes-changing-season-and-postseason-format-for-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/mlb-proposes-changing-season-and-postseason-format-for-2029\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB proposes changing season and postseason format for 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB proposes a structural revolution: 154-game schedule and drastic changes to the postseason for 2029<\/h2>\n\n<p>Major League Baseball (MLB) has presented an ambitious proposal to the Players Association that seeks to radically transform the professional baseball landscape. With an eye toward implementation in the 2029 season, the plan includes a reduction in the number of regular-season games and a deep restructuring of the playoff format, aiming to optimize the spectacle and athlete performance.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The fundamental axes of the proposal<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Major League initiative focuses on modernizing the schedule and rewarding excellence throughout the year. Below, we detail the key points of this proposal:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reduced schedule:<\/strong> It is proposed to go from the traditional 162 games to a total of 154 games. To compensate for the workload, Mondays would be established as a regular rest day, moving to Thursday in the event that a team has to play at the beginning of the week.<\/li><li><strong>Salary protection:<\/strong> Despite the decrease of eight games in the schedule, MLB has guaranteed that there will be no salary cuts for players. Bonuses and contractual clauses would be adjusted proportionally to maintain the players&#8217; economic stability.<\/li><li><strong>The power of choice:<\/strong> One of the most disruptive changes is the ability of leading teams to choose their opponents. The third seed will be able to select their rival between the fifth and sixth seeds in the Wild Card Round, while the league&#8217;s top seed will choose their opponent in the Division Series. This measure seeks to give greater value to each victory during the regular season.<\/li><li><strong>Expansion of the Division Series:<\/strong> MLB seeks to increase the intensity in the postseason by expanding the Division Series from a best-of-five format to a best-of-seven games.<\/li><li><strong>Pitcher management:<\/strong> The proposal includes strategic rest days before games 5, 6, and 7 of the Championship Series, ensuring that the best starting pitchers are available for the most high-tension moments.<\/li><li><strong>Media impact:<\/strong> With the arrival of new audiovisual rights agreements in 2029, the league seeks to create new narratives and rivalries that allow for expanding the audience and improving television broadcast windows.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The ability to choose an opponent would directly reward teams with better records and increase the importance of every victory during the 154 games.<\/p><cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>This project represents one of the most significant changes in the recent history of the discipline. If it comes to fruition, the MLB would not only change the way teams compete, but also how fans enjoy the postseason, prioritizing rest, strategy, and the competitive value of each game.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLB proposes a structural revolution: 154-game schedule and drastic changes to the postseason for 2029 Major League Baseball (MLB) has presented an ambitious proposal to the Players Association that seeks to radically transform the professional baseball landscape. With an eye toward implementation in the 2029 season, the plan includes a reduction in the number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[88,3857,344,7382],"class_list":{"0":"post-168517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-calendar","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-postseason"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}