Playoff Shares

Today I read an article showing in detail what all the players playoff shares are. You see team names on there you'd expect. Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers. Those all make sense.

But at the bottom of the list is the Texas Rangers. Apparently finishing second in your division (and being a non Wild Card team), also affords you a playoff piece. Granted, it's way smaller, but it just seems weird to see the Rangers pop up in the list of playoff share money. Just seemed weird.

Anyway, here's the numbers for the Rangers...

(Share of Players' Pool: $590,731.16; value of each full share: $9,276.38) - The Rangers awarded 58 full shares, 5.25 partial shares and 4 cash awards.