The wildcards have added a new twist to the playoffs this year. It looks like 6 teams will be wildcards:
Santiago-Corona
Oxnard
Brea-Olinda
Mission Viejo
Hart
Temescal Canyon
That means that 8 3rd place teams and 2 4th place teams will go in the hat to see which 6 of them play a wildcard game. I'm just guessing at the process though. The biggest issue could be Oxnard who won their league before the 5 forfeits but ended up 4th. That could be a tough game for a 3rd or 4th place team that draws them and then for their first round opponent as that would really be a first place team vs first place team in the first round of the playoffs.
Norco and Capo Valley look strong. I wouldn't pick Simi to win it but I wouldn't have last year either and the team is very similar in makeup to last season's team. Royal has excellent pitching but I don't know if they've got the hitting or defense to go far.
I don't know enough about some of the OC teams to have a feel for how good they are. The Trinity league looks to have been exceptionally strong.
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