To be fair, the new CBA was not agreed to until three weeks until launch. They did not know exactly what was going to happen. I didn't even know. Would it be 12 teams? 14? What about this "ghost win" concept. While we all knew there were going to be some changes, it's not like the universal DH where there's only one way it could happen (NL gets DH like AL. All done). While it would have been nice to give us more power to control how many teams in the playoffs for franchise and postseason modes, I understand why the new format is not in the game.
I WILL be expecting it next year, however...