Astros hand out record playoff shares

A full postseason share for the World Series champion Astros totaled a record $516,347 from a player pool of $107.5 million, also a record in the first season the playoffs were expanded to 12 teams. The Astros split $38.7 million into 59 full shares, 14.14 partial shares and $940,000 in cash awards, the commissioner’s office said Wednesday. The amount of the winner’s share topped the previous mark of $438,902 for the scandal-tainted Astros in 2017 and the pool topped last year’s prior high of $90.47 million. A full share for the National League champion Phillies came to $296,255. They divided $25.8 million into 72 full shares, 15.03 partial shares and $20,000 in cash awards. Full shares for other playoff teams this year were: $152,709 for the Padres, $145,820 for the Yankees, $45,795 for the Guardians, $44,878 for the Braves, $42,221 for the Mariners,$36,148 for the Dodgers, $10,351 for the Cardinals, $10,007 for the Blue Jays, $9,480 for the Mets, $8,387 for the Rays. The pool includes 60% from the first first two games of each Wild Card Series, the first three games of each Division Series and the first four games of each League Championship Series and the World Series.