The present system is better than the one it replaced, where the 4th best team began the postseason on essentially equal footing as the best team. And like other people said, there's no going backwards to fewer games or teams.
In fairness, at the time of the Tulo trade, Molitor's Plan A for shortstop was still "Danny Santana 4ever" and Plan B was probably still Nunez. Go figure.
I think the Twins could be the Vikings tonight! Mauer could outplay Bridgewater at QB, Adrian isn't even in the game plan so no need to find a Twin to replace him, and anyone could kick or punt as good as Walsh or Locke.
You could be right. They might have that in mind with Pelfrey, to slip him back into the rotation against the opponent he is most likely to succeed against (setting aside the bigger debate on Pelfrey's merits pitching in MLB at all).
On 3-2 count, Tyler Duffey throws a curve off the plate and six inches in the dirt. Command is when the batter swings and misses, Control is when the batter makes contact, Lack of control is when the batter takes for ball four?