How about like they do in the golf FedEx playoffs? The player with the most points during the year starts the tournament at 10 under par; player with the second most points starts at 8 under, etc.
We should be able to do that in baseball. You should get some advantage for playing well all year - except for a one game home advantage.
If your regular season record has you 10 games up on the opponent, the opponent has to win one more game (for a best two out of three series, the team that is 10 back or more during the regular series would have to win 3 games instead of 2). In the case of the Mets, they would have to win 2 and the Padres would have to win 3 games to move on since the Mets regular season record has them 12 games ahead of the Padres.
This would apply to the playoffs but not to the World Series - that is best out of 7 no matter the regular season record.
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