Bro....it's the same as football......a 9-7 division winner would host a 12-4 wild card team. that's just how it goes. And I'm sure you wern't complaining when your 9-7 Giants won the division, got to host a playoff game, and ultimately won the superbowl as a 9 win team.
I'm sure you will argue that it's not the same but I think it is.
Not an argument, just a discussion. I like your views on shit, and if we all felt the same, this would suck.
The difference for me in the football sample is the 162 game vs. 16 game season. Football is always about one game. Baseball is about series, and the grind over the long haul. Teams can be structured very differently, each one advantageous based on sample size. A team with 2 "A" pitchers and 2 "Cs" and a "D" would have the advantage in a short series over a team with 5 "Bs", but the 5 B team would do better over 162. That's just a basic example, as I know hitting, etc. is invovled. But the point is, it is a grind, and the team that plays the best over that grind by a wide margin shouldn't have a one game playoff. Baseball doesn't work like that.