Yankees Stuck in Playoff Mess | New York Yankees News

The Yankees are crushing it this season with the second-best AL record and fifth-best in MLB — but they’re stuck with a lower playoff seed than teams barely over .500, thanks to MLB’s division-based seeding. The top three AL teams — Rays, Yankees, Red Sox — are all on the same side of the bracket, meaning two will be eliminated before the championship. It’s wild: mediocrity gets rewarded, excellence gets punished. Time for MLB to fix this — maybe seed by actual record, not divisional luck. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Sources:https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/yankees-postseason-predicament-exposing-mlbs-205515786.html More coverage & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/e6fbded1c87d0a38 Report issues to [email protected].