Does the MLB's Playoff System Need Changing?

Everybody knows it.  The NL Central is the best division in all of baseball, by a mile.  The division includes the Cincinnati Reds, the Milwaukee Brewers, the Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the St. Louis Cardinals.  It's so good that the Cardinals, Pirates, and Cubs are the best three teams in all of baseball.  But only owe team can win the division, and the other two are heading to the dreaded Wild Card game. Gulp.

The MLB didn't even have the Wild Card game until three years ago in 2012.  Before that, only four teams got into the playoffs in each league, three division winners and one wild card team.  If that was still in place, we might have a 95 game winning team missing out on the playoffs.

Meanwhile, the NL West leading Dodgers and NL East leading Mets are sitting comfortably on top of their  divisions and are getting ready to battle it out in the NLDS.  The Dodgers are 85-64, while the Mets are 85-66.  So right now, the Dodgers are a game ahead of the Mets for home field advantage in the series.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals are 95-56, with all ready clinching a playoff spot.  The Pirates are 90-60, while the Cubs are 89-62.  So most likely, the Cardinals will win the division, with around a hundred wins.  That leaves the Cubs and the Pirates duking it out for home field advantage in the one game series, with the Pirates leading by a 1.5 game margin and the Cubs owning the tiebreaker.  Is that fair?

I don't think they should change the seeding after one year.  Because you never know how often that this situation will end up happening, and  teams should be rewarded for winning their division.

But, if this continues to occur, where the second wild card team would have have a better record than the two seed by four games, something would have to change.  If it needs changing, I would suggest that they seed the teams by record, not by division or wild card status.  Of course, if you won your division, you'd get in for sure, as winning a division is tough.   For example, the year the Cubs would play the Pirates in the NLDS and the Mets and Dodgers play in the Wild Card game with the chance to play the Cardinals.  It would avoid having to play the top two or three teams in the Majors play in the NLDS after knocking out another two three team.  But it is working great in the AL right now, so maybe it won't be that big of a deal. That is my thoughts on it, and it will be interesting if Commissioner Manfred will change anything, or if it will stay the same.