MLB Network's Top 25 Post Expansion Baseball Teams

Source: forum.dvdtalk.com --- Thursday, February 01, 2018
MLB Network has unveiled its top 25 teams of Major League Baseball's expansion era. Here they are: 25. 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers 24. 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 23. 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 22. 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 21. 1962 New York Yankees 20. 2001 Seattle Mariners 19. 2007 Boston Red Sox 18. 1972 Oakland Athletics 17. 1978 New York Yankees 16. 1989 Oakland Athletics 15. 1999 New York Yankees 14. 2009 New York Yankees 13. 1969 New York Mets 12. 2004 Boston Red Sox 11. 1995 Atlanta Braves 10. 1967 St. Louis Cardinals 9. 1976 Cincinnati Reds 8. 1968 Detroit Tigers 7. 1984 Detroit Tigers 6. 2016 Chicago Cubs 5. 1986 New York Mets 4. 1970 Baltimore Orioles 3. 1961 New York Yankees 2. 1975 Cincinnati Reds 1. 1998 New York Yankees And with pitchers and catchers reporting still 12 days away, and the hot stove league cold as never before, why should I not waste huge amounts of time I should be working by using this list and simulating a tournament to determine the greatest team since 1961? Since there are 25 teams, I'll have the bottom two play a one game wildcard round, and then the top eight teams will receive a bye as the bottom 16 play best of 5 to move on. From there, the 16 remaining teams will play four more best of seven rounds. Yes, it's silly. But we'll see what the simulator says. It'll take me a few days to run through this, so I'll post a round each day. ...

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