[SuperMatt18]

I'm late to the time slot discussion...and understand why they would go with afternoon games to try to maximize the time slots...but even with that considered the time slots make no sense to me in terms of the 1 hour separation between some games.

3:08 ET
4:38 ET
7:08 ET
8:08 ET

So you still end up having pretty major overlap between the two games anyways due to only an hour difference in start times.

Wouldn't something like this make more sense:

3:08 ET - Rangers @ Rays
5:08 ET - Blue Jays @ Twins
7:08 ET - Marlins @ Phillies
9:08 ET - Arizona @ Milwaukee (MT/CT for these teams - so later start works)

With games regularly under 3 hours long this year then I think you're still finished by midnight ET and you have very little overlap between the games.