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“Every season that tournament seems less and less meaningful for the top teams. Would be better served letting everyone in, and at least have more teams fighting for a postseason bid.”


Agree, let all 16 teams play starting in 2025.

4 games Wednesday
1-16/2-15/3-14/4-13
4 games Thursday
5-12/6-11/7-10/8-9
4 games Friday
1-16 winner/8-9 winner
2-15 winner/7-10 winner
3-14 winner/6-11 winner
4-13 winner/5-12 winner
2 games Saturday
1–16/8-9 winner vs 4-13/5-12 winner
2-15/7-10 winner vs 3-14/6-11 winner
1 game Sunday
Championship

15 total games played. Maximum number of games played is 4. Single elimination. Higher ranked teams get the benefit of playing Wednesday and then have a day off if they win. Still get some great baseball but single elimination puts more emphasis on every game and possibly gives the higher ranked teams more incentive to win. On the flip side if they lose early , no big deal as they will have extra rest to get ready for the regionals.

Disadvantages-none.