12 teams out of 30 make the playoffs.
The playoffs have steadily expanded in all the sports.
So now baseball sees 40% of teams making the playoffs. So there will always be some pretty good, but not outstanding, teams that make the playoffs. If not for TV money, we could return to a world in which only the best of the best made the playoffs. But that will never happen. Playoffs only expand, they never contract.
So true.
Baseball playoffs do not make enough money to be on TV, cable only.