I agree. When My son played one summer. They played a team that was in a similar situation in the first round of the playoffs. The other team lost pretty badly for two straight games. But you could not tell they had lost. After the game was over they did a dogpile near their dugout. and were hopping an hollering.
A couple of players on that team played for same college my son was at. When I was talking to my son after the game, I asked him what that was about. He had talked to his college teammates before the game. The other team just wanted the season to be over. They did not do great and squeaked into the playoffs and had little belief tht they would win it all. They all wanted to go home and see friends and family, spend time with the girlfriend and have a chance to unwind before school started in a few weeks.
I am not sure why they are trying to reinvent the wheel. Not sure what was wrong with the old system. Wins-Losses and head to head.