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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
I was just reviewing Manfred's comments and he did say that realignment would be tied to expansion, so you're probably looking at eight four-team divisions. In that case, it would be Mets, Phillies, Yankees and Red Sox almost for sure.
Also, if you're trying to gain appeal with some of the heavy hitters in a realignment scenario, more bus trips versus more border crossings would do it.
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Interesting re:expansion. 8 divisions with 4 teams in each is an interesting idea. The NFL has that without splitting AFC/NFC via geography, but travel is less impactful when you play 1 game per week.
Maybe something like:
California: Padres/Dodgers/Angels/Giants
West: Mariners/Las Vegas As/Rockies/Diamondbacks
Texas Plus: Astros/Rangers/Cardinals/Royals
Chicagoland: Twins, Brewers, Cubs, White Sox
Big Money: NYY/Mets/Phillies/Bo Sox
NE: Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburg
SE: Marlins/Rays/Braves/Raleigh expansion
Atlantic: Nationals/Orioles/Nashville expansion/Reds
Edited to add: the scheduling would have to be different as well - maybe something like 14 games against the 3 in-division teams, 6 against 4 teams from a neighbouring division, amd 4 against all 24 other teams. Those could be alternate-year 4 game series to reduce travel.
Do a single playoff - top four division leaders get a bye, the other 4 play a wildcard round against the next 4 best teams that didn't win thwir division, then quarterfinals (replacing DS round), semis (replacing CS) and world series.