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32 is a wonderful number for eleven-teen reasons ... dilution of talent, and being present in communities that (relatively) ignore MLB, that's a good question and you have me going back and forth... Great arguments on this score, Matty...
Without any question, the "timing" concern is unique to baseball and weighs very heavily...
Odd thing is, ML players and managers themselves don't seem to worry about this, and I've never noticed that when the Yankees sweep, wait for their opponents, and set up their pitching, that they have any performance deficit...
Being "beat up" may have an analogue, in that the pitchers are gassed at this time of season, and rejuvenate with some time off...
Would agree, that first round maybe shouldn't be a whole 9 days though!