MLB already did realignment 30 years ago when they added one additional division in each League. Prior to that, they had (among other things) the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds in the NL West, while the Chicago Cubs were in the NL East. Furthermore, it makes absolutely NO sense to put the Washington NATIONALS in the AMERICAN League. The Washington Senators (1901-1960) had actually changed their name to the Nationals for a time, but that name never really caught on all that much, as it would create a lot of confusion since they were in the American League.
A lot of the commenters are criticizing the content creator for proposing to realign along geographic, when he is merely responding to the loud rumors that MLB has already decided to do this. Google the topic and you'll find out that baseball insiders all agree that it's not a question of if but of when. Insiders who hate geographic alignment still concede that it's coming.
I don't understand these comments. The point of the video is to have fun. Of course, you have to make it have some sense, which you did, but I doesn't have to be what probably will happen.
2:27 NL West contains 3 AL teams AL West contains 3 NL teams WTF? Wouldn't it be easier to make 4 teams (LAD, SFG, TEX, HOU) change leagues than 6 (ATH, LAA, SEA, SDP, ARI, COL)? Besides, if two teams share a city or metro region (Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay thru 2024, Chicago, New York), then the two teams should not share leagues/conferences. That's the way both the MLB and the NFL do it, and it makes sense to me. Therefore: NL West: SEA, ATH, SFG, LAD, SDP AL West: LAA, ARI, COL, TEX, HOU That doesn't completely solve the problem of TEX and HOU having a 2-hour timezone difference between them and multiple division opponents, but at least COL is just one hour different.
4 expansion teams, 4 divisions of 9 teams each. top 4 teams from each play themselves in best of 5 series. Winners of that goes to the 4 team world championship. 7 game series. West, North, South and East divisions.
I like the idea on this, very interesting video. As a Phillies fan, it would be cool to stay in a division with NYM and WSH but then maybe bring in the in-state rivalry of PIT, and maybe the Orioles to complete like a Mid-Atlantic division. And have NYY, BOS, CLE, DET, TOR as like the "north" division. Cool video regardless!
Instead of east, west, and central, I might do north, south, and west. My NL West: Giants, Dodgers, Rockies, and D-Backs. My AL West: Rangers, Athletics, Mariners, Royals. My AL North: Twins, Brewers, White Sox, Tigers. My NL North: Cardinals, Cubs, Guardians, Reds, Pirates. My AL South: Astros, Rays, Marlins, Braves. My NL South: Orioles, Nationals, Phillies, Mets. Not sure where to place the Yankees, Red Sox, or Blue Jays, plus it may be subject to change should there be expansion teams or further relocation of teams.
there is talk when the MLB expands to 32 it may go back to 4 divisions with 8 teams each and no more AL vs NL but East vs West and Regional Realignment . i added Utah and Nashville West Mariners , A's , Giants , Dodgers, Angels , Padres ,Utah , D' Backs , / Rockies , Twins .Royals , Cardinals , Rangers, Astros , Cubs , White Sox East Brewers , Tigers ,Reds, Guardians , Blue Jays ,Pirates ,Rays , Marlins / Phillies , Mets , Yankees , Red Sox , Braves , Nationals , Nashville , O's . i was trying to keep rivalries together and time zone friendly the only problem i had was what divisions to put the Rays & Marlins in and i think Nashville and Braves will make great rivals but as a Phillies fan i like the Braves and Phillies rivalry and the second west division you could call the Central Division and i didnt move any team before the realignment . i think the talk with maybe some more MLB teams moving expansion will be getting pushed back some more
Bud Selig talked about doing this years ago so his Brewers wouldn't have to travel as much. I'd swap the White Sox and Cardinals to keep the Cubs-Cardinals and the White Sox-Royals rivalries alive.
Once the A's and Ray's are settled, MLB will expand to 32 teams. I would keep the current teams in their leagues. Each league would have 16 teams. Split the teams into 2 divisions with 8 teams (East & West); split the divisions into 2 conferences of 4 teams (North & South.) Playoffs would be as follows: first place conference teams play each other to go into division playoffs. Winners of division playoffs play for the league pennant. Winner goes to the World Series. This will create lots of post season play, revenue for the teams and media and keep the tradition of AL v NL for the word series.
Okay, strap in, this is going to be a long one. (Actually, it’ll be a bunch of shorter ones, I’ll comment to my own post to break it down into more digestible sections). After an expansion of 2 teams, this is how I'd realign MLB and why. I’ll refrain from picking which cities should get expansion teams and just concentrate on what happens afterward. I’ve seen a number of posts on various videos on MLB realignment which propose scrapping the so-called “outdated” American and National Leagues altogether and realigning based strictly on geography. As something of a history nerd, this is a complete non-starter for me; baseball’s greatest strength is its connection to the past generations. Having said that, requiring an American and National League doesn’t have to mean we have to have ONLY an American and National League. What I propose is not two, but four leagues, the AL, NL and two other leagues which almost actually came into being before the initial MLB expansion. So, hop into my DeLorean, Marty, and we’ll go back in time. Chapter 1: The American League The year is 1951, the 50th anniversary of the American League as a Major League. For the past half century, we’ve had two leagues, eight teams each, which have unchanged for 48 of those 50 years. Our first goal for the post-expansion world is to replicate these two leagues as closely as possible using 21st century teams. The OG American League’s eight teams were the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Athletics. Five of those teams still exist in their current cities, those five teams (Red Sox, Yankees, now-Guardians, Tigers and White Sox) will remain in the AL. Washington had a team back then, and Washington has a team now, so the Nationals will be assigned to the AL. The logical 7th team is the Baltimore Orioles, both because they are the former Browns, and because they very closely fill the Athletics geographic niche. For the 8th team, unless there’s an expansion team in Montreal, I’m going with the Toronto Blue Jays for two reasons, the first is that they are the best fit geographically; the second will become apparent later. So the new American League, listed roughly from east to west is: 1. Boston Red Sox 2. New York Yankees 3. Baltimore Orioles 4. Washington Nationals 5. Toronto Blue Jays 6. Cleveland Guardians 7. Detroit Tigers 8. Chicago White Sox
Chapter 2: The National League Now let’s look at the 1951 National League. The eight teams here are the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Boston Braves. Like the AL, the NL has five OG teams that have never moved, the Cardinals, Cubs, Reds, Pirates and Phillies. The entire reason for the existence of the New York Mets is to replace the Dodgers and Giants in the National League, that’s why their colors are blue and orange. So the Mets will continue in that capacity here. The Braves now play in Atlanta, which still isn’t ridiculously out of the way of this group geographically, so they too remain in the NL. The eighth team, again for reasons which will become apparent later, will be an expansion team in the eastern part of the country, most likely Nashville or Charlotte, which gives Atlanta a nice Southern rival. So, roughly listed from east to west, the National League will be: 1. New York Mets 2. Philadelphia Phillies 3. Atlanta Braves 4. (Expansion Team) 5. Pittsburgh Pirates 6. Cincinnati Reds 7. Chicago Cubs 8. St. Louis Cardinals
Chapter 3: A Third League Again, we are in 1951. The Negro Leagues still exist, but now that baseball has been integrated, they are greatly diminished. So, besides the two established Major Leagues, the next most successful professional baseball organization in both talent and attendance is the Pacific Coast League. There is talk of this league, which represents some of the biggest cities in the country, becoming a third major league. (In fact, you can find a season preview video from around 1948 on UA-cam where the league president himself is discussing this.) In the 21st century, we are going to make that happen. (Side note: The current AAA PCL will have to be renamed, but that’s okay, they only have one team actually on the Pacific coast and one other in a state on the coast. I’d suggest bringing back the defunct American Association moniker.) The teams from the golden years of the PCL are as follows: The Seattle Rainiers, Portland Beavers, San Francisco Seals, Oakland Oaks, Sacramento Solons, Los Angeles Angels, Hollywood Stars and San Diego Padres. In the 21st century, the LA/Anaheim area has 2 teams, and San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle also have a team. The Athletics are moving to Las Vegas, but that doesn’t matter, they still fit. That’s six teams. Geographically, the Arizona Diamondbacks are the obvious choice for team #7. The eighth team ideally will be an expansion team located in the western US. (Maybe Portland, Salt Lake, or a replacement team in the Bay Area under new ownership.) So the third major league, the PCL, roughly listed from north to south looks like this: 1. Seattle Mariners 2. (Expansion Team) 3. San Francisco Giants 4. Athletics 5. Los Angeles Dodgers 6. Los Angeles Angels 7. San Diego Padres 8. Arizona Diamondbacks
Chapter 4: The Remaining League Let’s move ahead a few years. It’s 1959. The Dodgers and Giants have moved to the West Coast, and several other teams have left cities with competing teams, so now the AL and NL represent 15 cities instead of 10. While this is an improvement, there are still many American cities which could have a major league team, but don’t and never will under the current status quo, and they are none too happy about it. Also, there are a lot of Yankee-haters in New York who no longer have a team to root for. Enter William Shea (for whom Shea Stadium would be named.) He has gotten together businessmen from seven different cities (Buffalo, Toronto, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta) to join New York in a third major league. This league will be called the Continental League, and the league president will be legendary front-office man Branch Rickey. Shea was able to get the established leagues to agree to expand in exchange for not going through with this plan, but here in the 2020s it’s time to revive the idea. The fourth league will be called the Continental League. Remember when we put the eastern expansion team in the NL and the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL? That was to set up the eight remaining teams in such a way that they pair nicely into regional rivalries, Rays-Marlins, Astros-Rangers, Royals-Rockies, and Twins-Brewers. So if the expansion teams set up ideally, the Continental League will look like this, roughly listed from south to north. 1. Miami Marlins 2. Tampa Bay Rays 3. Houston Astros 4. Texas Rangers 5. Kansas City Royals 6. Colorado Rockies 7. Minnesota Twins 8. Milwaukee Brewers There are a couple of contingencies if the expansion teams are in different locations. If we put an expansion team in Montreal, we should establish a Montreal-Toronto rivalry. That should be in this league, so we’d move the Twins to the AL and the Brewers to the NL. The Brewers would be the best 8th NL team if we have no expansion teams further east, and the Rockies would be the best 8th PCL team if we have no expansion teams further west.
Chapter 5: Divisions Now that we have our four leagues, we can talk structure. I’m an old-school guy at heart; I’d be content with four traditional, eight-team pennant races, with the winners making up our final four. But I’m also a realist, I’m aware that I’m in the minority on this, and making this argument is doomed to failure. So to get additional teams into the playoffs, we can either stick with the 8 team leagues and invite 2nd and/or 3rd place teams, or we can split the leagues into divisions, and put division winners into the playoffs. I prefer the latter approach, mainly because “Western Division Champion” looks so much better on a banner than “#2 Seed”. So let’s divide the leagues. In three of the four leagues, geography is the fairly obvious way to do it. AL East: Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Nationals AL West: Blue Jays, Guardians, Tigers, White Sox NL East: Mets, Phillies, Braves, (Expansion) NL West: Pirates, Reds, Cubs, Cardinals CL North: Brewers, Twins, Rockies, Royals CL South: Astros, Rangers, Marlins, Rays The PCL is different: While North and South would be the obvious approach; traditionalists like myself would have a problem with that. The problem is that Dodgers-Giants, one of the three best rivalries in baseball, absolutely should not be broken up. So for the PCL, I would have a National and an American division, the National Division would have former NL teams, the American division would have former AL teams. PCL National: Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks PCL American: Mariners, Athletics, Angels, (Expansion) If the names are too confusing we could call the divisions Senior and Junior (after Senior Circuit and Junior Circuit) or we could name them after people, maybe the Walter O’Malley Division and the Gene Autry Division. So the division winners will meet in the League Championship Series (which is now the Elite Eight, instead of the Final Four). Some will argue that it’s not fair that if the second place team in one division has a better record than the winner of the other division in the same league that they miss the playoffs, so there should be a wildcard. This will probably happen often, and they have a point. So here’s what we’ll do: If the second place team from one division has a better (not tied, better) record than the other division winner, we match those teams in a one game playoff. Why one game? Because I think to call yourself a League Champion, you should win a seven, not a five game series, so I want those extra days for that. Also, I don’t want a long layoff for the top team in the league, that’s not working out so well in the current format. If the top two teams in the league are both division winners, we don’t bother with a wildcard play-in. So the playoffs could have anywhere from 8 to 12 teams. If you've gotten this far, and are interested in my ideas as to how scheduling and the playoffs would work, check out "2024 MLB Playoffs are BROKEN! Here's an idea on how to fix it!" by Brutus on Baseball here on UA-cam, where I originally posted these comments.
There's one huge reason why MLB might actually do something like this: The Designated Hitter. The reason (other than tradition) why MLB still has the AL and NL is because the leagues literally played with different rules in their games. Both leagues are spread from coast to coast, which halves division grouping options. It made sense when the NL had its unique "no Designated Hitter" rules, because both, equally valid versions of baseball could be enjoyed across the country. Now that we're almost 5 years into the era of all MLB teams playing by the same rulebook, it feels increasingly pointless to have two leagues that both span East to West. However, I don't think MLB should realign the divisions yet. MLB got a huge boost in popularity this year, so they don't need to. Save the realignment card for a time when MLB desperately needs to gain more popularity.
I want to see a Rust Belt division- Minnesota Milwaukee (back into AL- Houston back to NL) Chicago White Sox Detroit Cleveland I'm betting one could get a good Beer/Dog combo in ANY of these cities.
Seems OK. Very weird with no northeast teams in the NL. With the scenario in this video, I'd probably swap Detroit and Cincinnati, and maybe the Padres and Angels.
Only critiques I have is why Washington & Baltimore in the Central? And why St Louis & KC in the East? Should be reversed with Washington & Baltimore in the Eastern division with KC & St Louis in the Central.
A problem here is that we don't know what is to become of the White Sox. My guess is that they will relocate to Nashville, but who knows? Then there's the problem of the Florida teams, with putrid attendance and abysmal payroll.
I would wait for 2 expansion teams and eliminate the central division of the two leagues and make two divisions of 8 teams, the first 4 of each division would cross them in the divisional playoffs, the 4 winners to a second round, the 2 winners to the league championship and the winners of each league to the world series.
It's a lot easier to realign the MLB satisfactorily if you add two expansion teams. The exact makeup of each division depends on which cities you pick, but some options can be grouped together, like Charlotte and Nashville, Austin and San Antonio, and Portland and any city in northern CA. I came up with the following plan considering several priorities: geographical proximity, maintaining the strongest existing rivalries, minimum league switching (with only relatively new teams switching leagues), and each division encompassing at most two adjacent time zones. Teams that share a metro area should never be in the same league, but teams in different cities but the same state should try to share a division. Regardless of new cities: NL East: NYM, PHI, PIT, WSN AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL NL North: MIL, CIN, STL, CHC AL North: DET, CHW, CLE, MIN NL West: LAD, SDP, ARI, SFG With Nashville/Charlotte and Austin/San Antonio: AL West: ATH, LAA, SEA, COL* NL South: TBR*, ATL, MIA, Nashville/Charlotte AL South: TEX, HOU, KCR, Austin/San Antonio With Nashville/Charlotte and Portland/Northern CA: AL West: ATH, LAA, SEA, Portland/Northern CA NL South: TBR*, ATL, MIA, Nashville/Charlotte AL South: TEX, HOU, KCR, COL* With Austin/San Antonio and Portland/Northern CA: AL West: ATH, LAA, SEA, Portland/Northern CA NL South: TBR*, ATL, MIA, KCR* AL South: TEX, HOU, COL*, Austin/San Antonio For this last one, KCR had to switch leagues because it's the easternmost AL team (besides TBR, which I already moved to the NL) without a strong intra-division rivalry. It's a tough call, though, so a team in Nashville or Charlotte would make the realignment easier. As for the 162-game schedule, each team would play: 11 games against each intra-division opponent 7 games against each of 10 intra-league opponents 5 games against the remaining 2 intra-league opponents 4 games against one inter-league opponent 3 games against each of the remaining 15 inter-league opponents 3x11 + 10x7 + 2x5 + 1x4 + 15x3 = 162 This way, every team would have an odd "season series" tiebreaker against all intra-league opponents and all but one inter-league opponent. If two teams meet in the WS with the same regular season record, the probability of them not having a head-to-head tiebreaker is p(4-game series) x p(series tied 2-2) = 1/16 x 3/8 = 3/128 = ~2.3%. In that rare case, they'd probably use their regular season records in inter-league play, their records against teams that made the playoffs, or their regular season run differential.
Not bad. However, I think it'd be better to ditch the AL and NL if you're going to realign like this; which people would hate. Just have a league with six divisions. Pacific same five Southwest same five Southeast Atlanta Tampa Miami Baltimore Washington Heartland KC STL Cubs White Sox Minnesota Midwest Milwaukee (they could be flipped with the White Sox if desired) Cleveland Cincinnati Detroit Pittsburgh Northeast Toronto Yankees Mets Philly Boston
I think the 4 teams need to be swapped.. KC and StL should be swapped with the Orioles and Nats... it's the NL EAST... at least all 5 should be in the eastern timezone... then put the KC and Stl teams in one of the central divisions and I think they'll look better.
If you are going to scramble the teams that much you may as well kill the leagues at this point and make new geographical leagues. Fans in mlb don’t really like change so I would only make a team swap divisions or leagues if there’s a really good reason
And just to add, there’s only one problem with our current alignment that needs to be fixed (in my opinion) and that’s having the 2 Texas teams in the AL west. When we eventually expand, I would like to see them form a new division so they don’t have to share a division with teams 2 time zones away. I’m not a fan of either team, I’m just sharing what I think needs to be fixed.
I appreciate you mentioning that this is only for fun. Many sports fans take What If scenarios like this way too seriously. I get bashed often by college football fans for my takes on conference realignment, especially when it has to do with the MAC, the conference I follow. As for MLB here, perhaps one of the reasons why I've basically abandoned it is because it's become predictable and too top-heavy with the same teams competing for the World Series every year. I'm convinced it's never going to change unless drastic economic turns happen. So, what would I do? The American and National Leagues need to be retired. I know that'll piss off a lot of traditionalists, but if we're being realistic here, the AL and NL are redundant and pointless now. Instead, we should just focus on regionality for MLB. Don't call them leagues. Just call them regions and go from there. My idea is this, considering MLB expands to 32 teams within a decade from now. I know it's not perfect, but it probably won't be anyway. East Region: New York Yankees New York Mets Boston Red Sox Toronto Blue Jays Baltimore Orioles Washington Nationals Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates North Region: Cleveland Guardians (should still be Indians though) Cincinnati Reds Detroit Tigers Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox Milwaukee Brewers Minnesota Twins St. Louis Cardinals South Region: Tampa Bay Rays Miami Marlins Atlanta Braves Nashville Stars [Expansion] Houston Astros Texas Rangers Kansas City Royals Colorado Rockies West Region: Salt Lake City Bees [Expansion] Seattle Mariners San Francisco Giants Las Vegas A's Los Angeles Dodgers LA Angels of Anaheim San Diego Padres Arizona Diamondbacks
You will never get this considered because it leaves out the main reason for the traditional rivalries: club revenue and television rights. Breaking some of these up makes any logical sense to anyone who is a baseball fan.
This one’s pretty interesting! If I were to realign the divisions myself, and assuming MLB wants to expand to Portland and Salt Lake City (they’re the farthest along in expansion plans) I’d align the teams as such: Eastern Division: Baltimore, Boston, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Pittsburgh, and Washington; Northern Division: Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minnesota, and St. Louis; Southern Division: Atlanta, Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, (Salt Lake City), Tampa Bay, and Texas; Western Division: Arizona, FJF, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, (Portland), San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. I’d have no conferences, and the top 12 teams make the playoffs directly by record
Even if this is for fun, you need to do a little research. The Phillies and Mets are rivals in the NL East, not the NL Central. If I was going to realign the divisions, here's how I'd do it. NL East: New York Mets New York Yankees Boston Red Sox Toronto Blue Jays Philadelphia Phillies AL East Atlanta Braves Washington Nationals Baltimore Orioles Miami Marlins Tampa Bay Ray's NL Central: Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Gladiators Pittsburgh Pirates Detroit Tigers Milwaukee Brewers AL Central: Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox St. Louis Cardinals Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins NL West: Houston Astros Texas Rangers Colorado Rockies Arizona Diamondbacks Las Vegas Astros AL West: Seattle Mariners San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Angels San Diego Padres
Texas fans do not want to be in this stupid division you have concocted. Neither the Astros nor the Texans have anything in common with Arizona, Colorado, and San Diego. First, the MLB dumped on 50 years of National League history and tradition as they moved the Astros to the AL to create the phony Silver Boot series with the Rangers. Now you rip the two Texans teams out of the present AL West to create a new AL West with three NL teams. I absolutely hate this alignment! I think most Texas baseball fans would hate this alignment!
AL East: NYY NYM BOS PHIL PITT AL Central: TOR DET CLEV CINN MIL AL West: Hou TEX Col Ariz LVA NL East: Mia Rays ATL Bal Wash NL Central: StL KC chic ChiWs Min NL West: Seattle SF LAD LAA SD
WITHOUT EXPANSION... Boston, New Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Atlanta, Baltimore, Miami, Tampa Bay, Washington Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City, Milwaukee, St. Louis Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota, Toronto Arizona, Colorado, Houston, Seattle, Texas Las Vegas, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco WITH EXPANSION... Baltimore, Boston, New York Yankees, Toronto New York Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington Chicago White Sox, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, Tampa Bay Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Texas Arizona, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco Las Vegas, Los Angeles Angels, Salt Lake, Seattle
I play around with these all the time when I set up sim leagues. I usually find it works better with East and West Conferences. Three divisions in each conference. Going East to West...Div 1: Boston, Mets, Yankees, Phillies, Baltimore. Div 2: Washington, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay, Miami Div 3: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, Minnesota; Div 4: KC, StL, ChC, ChW, Mil Div 5: Hou, Tex, Arz, Col, LV Div 6: Dodgers, Angels, SF, SD, Seattle
How would you realign the MLB?
Like the NFL, make it four divisions (East North, South, West)
I would start by having the Orioles and Nationals with the southeast instead of Missouri
MLB already did realignment 30 years ago when they added one additional division in each League. Prior to that, they had (among other things) the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds in the NL West, while the Chicago Cubs were in the NL East.
Furthermore, it makes absolutely NO sense to put the Washington NATIONALS in the AMERICAN League. The Washington Senators (1901-1960) had actually changed their name to the Nationals for a time, but that name never really caught on all that much, as it would create a lot of confusion since they were in the American League.
@@mariosin3256 It would be interesting
A lot of the commenters are criticizing the content creator for proposing to realign along geographic, when he is merely responding to the loud rumors that MLB has already decided to do this. Google the topic and you'll find out that baseball insiders all agree that it's not a question of if but of when. Insiders who hate geographic alignment still concede that it's coming.
Fun concept some old timers just can’t handle. And that’s alright. One day people will learn you do these for fun…
@@Drew25t Oh a boy can dream…thanks for the support as always🤝
I don't understand these comments. The point of the video is to have fun. Of course, you have to make it have some sense, which you did, but I doesn't have to be what probably will happen.
@@dominicanball2361 This guy gets it 🤝
Agreed
2:27 NL West contains 3 AL teams
AL West contains 3 NL teams
WTF? Wouldn't it be easier to make 4 teams (LAD, SFG, TEX, HOU) change leagues than 6 (ATH, LAA, SEA, SDP, ARI, COL)? Besides, if two teams share a city or metro region (Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay thru 2024, Chicago, New York), then the two teams should not share leagues/conferences. That's the way both the MLB and the NFL do it, and it makes sense to me. Therefore:
NL West: SEA, ATH, SFG, LAD, SDP
AL West: LAA, ARI, COL, TEX, HOU
That doesn't completely solve the problem of TEX and HOU having a 2-hour timezone difference between them and multiple division opponents, but at least COL is just one hour different.
4 expansion teams, 4 divisions of 9 teams each. top 4 teams from each play themselves in best of 5 series. Winners of that goes to the 4 team world championship. 7 game series. West, North, South and East divisions.
No rhyme or reason behind any of this! Why did I waste my time on this??
@@keithbucco5108 Reason: for fun
I like the idea on this, very interesting video. As a Phillies fan, it would be cool to stay in a division with NYM and WSH but then maybe bring in the in-state rivalry of PIT, and maybe the Orioles to complete like a Mid-Atlantic division. And have NYY, BOS, CLE, DET, TOR as like the "north" division. Cool video regardless!
Dude, not bad!
I will believe the A’s are LV when I see it.
I know you are probably not a hockey fan but it would be cool if you could realign the NHL divisions (or just any NHL content) nice video btw
@@Sigmabakedbean420 Appreciate ya 🤝 I’ve got a NHL one in the works my friend
@ sounds good thanks if you don’t mind I’m currently making a NFL realignment video on my channel I’m giving you credit for the idea
@ that’s cool with me
Instead of east, west, and central, I might do north, south, and west. My NL West: Giants, Dodgers, Rockies, and D-Backs. My AL West: Rangers, Athletics, Mariners, Royals. My AL North: Twins, Brewers, White Sox, Tigers. My NL North: Cardinals, Cubs, Guardians, Reds, Pirates. My AL South: Astros, Rays, Marlins, Braves. My NL South: Orioles, Nationals, Phillies, Mets. Not sure where to place the Yankees, Red Sox, or Blue Jays, plus it may be subject to change should there be expansion teams or further relocation of teams.
Where do the Padres go in your choice?
@daviddillemuth7268 I suppose either the AL or NL west
there is talk when the MLB expands to 32 it may go back to 4 divisions with 8 teams each and no more AL vs NL but East vs West and Regional Realignment . i added Utah and Nashville West Mariners , A's , Giants , Dodgers, Angels , Padres ,Utah , D' Backs , / Rockies , Twins .Royals , Cardinals , Rangers, Astros , Cubs , White Sox East Brewers , Tigers ,Reds, Guardians , Blue Jays ,Pirates ,Rays , Marlins / Phillies , Mets , Yankees , Red Sox , Braves , Nationals , Nashville , O's . i was trying to keep rivalries together and time zone friendly the only problem i had was what divisions to put the Rays & Marlins in and i think Nashville and Braves will make great rivals but as a Phillies fan i like the Braves and Phillies rivalry and the second west division you could call the Central Division and i didnt move any team before the realignment . i think the talk with maybe some more MLB teams moving expansion will be getting pushed back some more
I like it - reduces some travel and obvious question is how the schedule breakdown would work ?
1:58 Ah, the three NL West rivalries: Dodgers vs Angels, Giants vs A's, and Mariners vs themselves
Well, in all fairness they are their own worst enemies
@@shaindaman13 That's the joke
Is there going to be a realignment anytime soon?
Leave it like it is
You have to keep rivalries in the same division. You are separating the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs. Not good.
I stopped listening after he didn't just make the NL West: Mariners, Giants, Dodgers, Angels, and Padres
Bud Selig talked about doing this years ago so his Brewers wouldn't have to travel as much. I'd swap the White Sox and Cardinals to keep the Cubs-Cardinals and the White Sox-Royals rivalries alive.
Is MLB planning to add two teams in the near future to total 32? If this is the case, could the newcomers be "shoehorned" in?
That was fun thank you
Untouchable rivalries: Yankees-Red Sox, Giants-Dodgers, and Cubs-Cardinals.
Once the A's and Ray's are settled, MLB will expand to 32 teams. I would keep the current teams in their leagues. Each league would have 16 teams. Split the teams into 2 divisions with 8 teams (East & West);
split the divisions into 2 conferences of 4 teams (North & South.)
Playoffs would be as follows: first place conference teams play each other to go into division playoffs. Winners of division playoffs play for the league pennant. Winner goes to the World Series.
This will create lots of post season play, revenue for the teams and media and keep the tradition of AL v NL for the word series.
I loved it! I’m a Red Sox fan so the idea of the Phillies, Mets and Yankees all in the same division would be amazing.
Okay, strap in, this is going to be a long one. (Actually, it’ll be a bunch of shorter ones, I’ll comment to my own post to break it down into more digestible sections). After an expansion of 2 teams, this is how I'd realign MLB and why. I’ll refrain from picking which cities should get expansion teams and just concentrate on what happens afterward. I’ve seen a number of posts on various videos on MLB realignment which propose scrapping the so-called “outdated” American and National Leagues altogether and realigning based strictly on geography. As something of a history nerd, this is a complete non-starter for me; baseball’s greatest strength is its connection to the past generations. Having said that, requiring an American and National League doesn’t have to mean we have to have ONLY an American and National League. What I propose is not two, but four leagues, the AL, NL and two other leagues which almost actually came into being before the initial MLB expansion. So, hop into my DeLorean, Marty, and we’ll go back in time.
Chapter 1: The American League
The year is 1951, the 50th anniversary of the American League as a Major League. For the past half century, we’ve had two leagues, eight teams each, which have unchanged for 48 of those 50 years. Our first goal for the post-expansion world is to replicate these two leagues as closely as possible using 21st century teams.
The OG American League’s eight teams were the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Athletics. Five of those teams still exist in their current cities, those five teams (Red Sox, Yankees, now-Guardians, Tigers and White Sox) will remain in the AL. Washington had a team back then, and Washington has a team now, so the Nationals will be assigned to the AL. The logical 7th team is the Baltimore Orioles, both because they are the former Browns, and because they very closely fill the Athletics geographic niche. For the 8th team, unless there’s an expansion team in Montreal, I’m going with the Toronto Blue Jays for two reasons, the first is that they are the best fit geographically; the second will become apparent later.
So the new American League, listed roughly from east to west is:
1. Boston Red Sox
2. New York Yankees
3. Baltimore Orioles
4. Washington Nationals
5. Toronto Blue Jays
6. Cleveland Guardians
7. Detroit Tigers
8. Chicago White Sox
Chapter 2: The National League
Now let’s look at the 1951 National League. The eight teams here are the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Boston Braves. Like the AL, the NL has five OG teams that have never moved, the Cardinals, Cubs, Reds, Pirates and Phillies. The entire reason for the existence of the New York Mets is to replace the Dodgers and Giants in the National League, that’s why their colors are blue and orange. So the Mets will continue in that capacity here. The Braves now play in Atlanta, which still isn’t ridiculously out of the way of this group geographically, so they too remain in the NL. The eighth team, again for reasons which will become apparent later, will be an expansion team in the eastern part of the country, most likely Nashville or Charlotte, which gives Atlanta a nice Southern rival.
So, roughly listed from east to west, the National League will be:
1. New York Mets
2. Philadelphia Phillies
3. Atlanta Braves
4. (Expansion Team)
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
6. Cincinnati Reds
7. Chicago Cubs
8. St. Louis Cardinals
Chapter 3: A Third League
Again, we are in 1951. The Negro Leagues still exist, but now that baseball has been integrated, they are greatly diminished. So, besides the two established Major Leagues, the next most successful professional baseball organization in both talent and attendance is the Pacific Coast League. There is talk of this league, which represents some of the biggest cities in the country, becoming a third major league. (In fact, you can find a season preview video from around 1948 on UA-cam where the league president himself is discussing this.) In the 21st century, we are going to make that happen.
(Side note: The current AAA PCL will have to be renamed, but that’s okay, they only have one team actually on the Pacific coast and one other in a state on the coast. I’d suggest bringing back the defunct American Association moniker.)
The teams from the golden years of the PCL are as follows: The Seattle Rainiers, Portland Beavers, San Francisco Seals, Oakland Oaks, Sacramento Solons, Los Angeles Angels, Hollywood Stars and San Diego Padres. In the 21st century, the LA/Anaheim area has 2 teams, and San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle also have a team. The Athletics are moving to Las Vegas, but that doesn’t matter, they still fit. That’s six teams. Geographically, the Arizona Diamondbacks are the obvious choice for team #7. The eighth team ideally will be an expansion team located in the western US. (Maybe Portland, Salt Lake, or a replacement team in the Bay Area under new ownership.)
So the third major league, the PCL, roughly listed from north to south looks like this:
1. Seattle Mariners
2. (Expansion Team)
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Athletics
5. Los Angeles Dodgers
6. Los Angeles Angels
7. San Diego Padres
8. Arizona Diamondbacks
Chapter 4: The Remaining League
Let’s move ahead a few years. It’s 1959. The Dodgers and Giants have moved to the West Coast, and several other teams have left cities with competing teams, so now the AL and NL represent 15 cities instead of 10. While this is an improvement, there are still many American cities which could have a major league team, but don’t and never will under the current status quo, and they are none too happy about it. Also, there are a lot of Yankee-haters in New York who no longer have a team to root for. Enter William Shea (for whom Shea Stadium would be named.) He has gotten together businessmen from seven different cities (Buffalo, Toronto, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta) to join New York in a third major league. This league will be called the Continental League, and the league president will be legendary front-office man Branch Rickey. Shea was able to get the established leagues to agree to expand in exchange for not going through with this plan, but here in the 2020s it’s time to revive the idea. The fourth league will be called the Continental League. Remember when we put the eastern expansion team in the NL and the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL? That was to set up the eight remaining teams in such a way that they pair nicely into regional rivalries, Rays-Marlins, Astros-Rangers, Royals-Rockies, and Twins-Brewers.
So if the expansion teams set up ideally, the Continental League will look like this, roughly listed from south to north.
1. Miami Marlins
2. Tampa Bay Rays
3. Houston Astros
4. Texas Rangers
5. Kansas City Royals
6. Colorado Rockies
7. Minnesota Twins
8. Milwaukee Brewers
There are a couple of contingencies if the expansion teams are in different locations. If we put an expansion team in Montreal, we should establish a Montreal-Toronto rivalry. That should be in this league, so we’d move the Twins to the AL and the Brewers to the NL. The Brewers would be the best 8th NL team if we have no expansion teams further east, and the Rockies would be the best 8th PCL team if we have no expansion teams further west.
Chapter 5: Divisions
Now that we have our four leagues, we can talk structure. I’m an old-school guy at heart; I’d be content with four traditional, eight-team pennant races, with the winners making up our final four. But I’m also a realist, I’m aware that I’m in the minority on this, and making this argument is doomed to failure. So to get additional teams into the playoffs, we can either stick with the 8 team leagues and invite 2nd and/or 3rd place teams, or we can split the leagues into divisions, and put division winners into the playoffs. I prefer the latter approach, mainly because “Western Division Champion” looks so much better on a banner than “#2 Seed”.
So let’s divide the leagues. In three of the four leagues, geography is the fairly obvious way to do it.
AL East: Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Nationals
AL West: Blue Jays, Guardians, Tigers, White Sox
NL East: Mets, Phillies, Braves, (Expansion)
NL West: Pirates, Reds, Cubs, Cardinals
CL North: Brewers, Twins, Rockies, Royals
CL South: Astros, Rangers, Marlins, Rays
The PCL is different: While North and South would be the obvious approach; traditionalists like myself would have a problem with that. The problem is that Dodgers-Giants, one of the three best rivalries in baseball, absolutely should not be broken up. So for the PCL, I would have a National and an American division, the National Division would have former NL teams, the American division would have former AL teams.
PCL National: Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks
PCL American: Mariners, Athletics, Angels, (Expansion)
If the names are too confusing we could call the divisions Senior and Junior (after Senior Circuit and Junior Circuit) or we could name them after people, maybe the Walter O’Malley Division and the Gene Autry Division.
So the division winners will meet in the League Championship Series (which is now the Elite Eight, instead of the Final Four). Some will argue that it’s not fair that if the second place team in one division has a better record than the winner of the other division in the same league that they miss the playoffs, so there should be a wildcard. This will probably happen often, and they have a point. So here’s what we’ll do: If the second place team from one division has a better (not tied, better) record than the other division winner, we match those teams in a one game playoff. Why one game? Because I think to call yourself a League Champion, you should win a seven, not a five game series, so I want those extra days for that. Also, I don’t want a long layoff for the top team in the league, that’s not working out so well in the current format. If the top two teams in the league are both division winners, we don’t bother with a wildcard play-in. So the playoffs could have anywhere from 8 to 12 teams.
If you've gotten this far, and are interested in my ideas as to how scheduling and the playoffs would work, check out "2024 MLB Playoffs are BROKEN! Here's an idea on how to fix it!" by Brutus on Baseball here on UA-cam, where I originally posted these comments.
Let's do it!
You should realign the MLS. Maybe something like adding divisions?
AL: Noreaster Division: Toronto, Boston, NYY, NYM, Phila. Rust Belt Division: Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincy. Midway Division: CC, CWS, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Kansas City. NL: Humid Division: Washington, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Miami, Houston. Mountain Division: Colorado, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Arizona. Dream Division: LAD, LAA, SD, TX, StL.
There's one huge reason why MLB might actually do something like this: The Designated Hitter.
The reason (other than tradition) why MLB still has the AL and NL is because the leagues literally played with different rules in their games. Both leagues are spread from coast to coast, which halves division grouping options. It made sense when the NL had its unique "no Designated Hitter" rules, because both, equally valid versions of baseball could be enjoyed across the country.
Now that we're almost 5 years into the era of all MLB teams playing by the same rulebook, it feels increasingly pointless to have two leagues that both span East to West.
However, I don't think MLB should realign the divisions yet. MLB got a huge boost in popularity this year, so they don't need to. Save the realignment card for a time when MLB desperately needs to gain more popularity.
I want to see a Rust Belt division-
Minnesota
Milwaukee (back into AL- Houston back to NL)
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Cleveland
I'm betting one could get a good Beer/Dog combo in ANY of these cities.
Sports!
SPORTS
Good luck selling the Cards and Cubs in different divisions. #nevergonnahappen
NHL next?
@@MTalbot32510 It’s in the works🤝
Some of this makes sense.
Seems OK. Very weird with no northeast teams in the NL. With the scenario in this video, I'd probably swap Detroit and Cincinnati, and maybe the Padres and Angels.
Only critiques I have is why Washington & Baltimore in the Central? And why St Louis & KC in the East? Should be reversed with Washington & Baltimore in the Eastern division with KC & St Louis in the Central.
A problem here is that we don't know what is to become of the White Sox. My guess is that they will relocate to Nashville, but who knows?
Then there's the problem of the Florida teams, with putrid attendance and abysmal payroll.
Assuming there’s no expansion ever I don’t hate this.
I would wait for 2 expansion teams and eliminate the central division of the two leagues and make two divisions of 8 teams, the first 4 of each division would cross them in the divisional playoffs, the 4 winners to a second round, the 2 winners to the league championship and the winners of each league to the world series.
Expansion, then realignment.
Why would you break up Cubs Cardinals rivalry
National League East with two Missouri teams in a different time zone that is weird
Missouri and Florida in the same conference calling it East? WTF.
White sox and Guardians have to be in the same division
It's a lot easier to realign the MLB satisfactorily if you add two expansion teams. The exact makeup of each division depends on which cities you pick, but some options can be grouped together, like Charlotte and Nashville, Austin and San Antonio, and Portland and any city in northern CA. I came up with the following plan considering several priorities: geographical proximity, maintaining the strongest existing rivalries, minimum league switching (with only relatively new teams switching leagues), and each division encompassing at most two adjacent time zones. Teams that share a metro area should never be in the same league, but teams in different cities but the same state should try to share a division.
Regardless of new cities:
NL East: NYM, PHI, PIT, WSN
AL East: NYY, BOS, TOR, BAL
NL North: MIL, CIN, STL, CHC
AL North: DET, CHW, CLE, MIN
NL West: LAD, SDP, ARI, SFG
With Nashville/Charlotte and Austin/San Antonio:
AL West: ATH, LAA, SEA, COL*
NL South: TBR*, ATL, MIA, Nashville/Charlotte
AL South: TEX, HOU, KCR, Austin/San Antonio
With Nashville/Charlotte and Portland/Northern CA:
AL West: ATH, LAA, SEA, Portland/Northern CA
NL South: TBR*, ATL, MIA, Nashville/Charlotte
AL South: TEX, HOU, KCR, COL*
With Austin/San Antonio and Portland/Northern CA:
AL West: ATH, LAA, SEA, Portland/Northern CA
NL South: TBR*, ATL, MIA, KCR*
AL South: TEX, HOU, COL*, Austin/San Antonio
For this last one, KCR had to switch leagues because it's the easternmost AL team (besides TBR, which I already moved to the NL) without a strong intra-division rivalry. It's a tough call, though, so a team in Nashville or Charlotte would make the realignment easier. As for the 162-game schedule, each team would play:
11 games against each intra-division opponent
7 games against each of 10 intra-league opponents
5 games against the remaining 2 intra-league opponents
4 games against one inter-league opponent
3 games against each of the remaining 15 inter-league opponents
3x11 + 10x7 + 2x5 + 1x4 + 15x3 = 162
This way, every team would have an odd "season series" tiebreaker against all intra-league opponents and all but one inter-league opponent. If two teams meet in the WS with the same regular season record, the probability of them not having a head-to-head tiebreaker is p(4-game series) x p(series tied 2-2) = 1/16 x 3/8 = 3/128 = ~2.3%. In that rare case, they'd probably use their regular season records in inter-league play, their records against teams that made the playoffs, or their regular season run differential.
I like your it would save alot of travel time most are a bus ride
I'd like to see Toronto Detroit more often than Toronto tampa bay
I did something similar but I moved a few teams. I moved the Angel's to Portland and WhiteSox to Utah and I moved the Marlins to Nashville.
Not bad. However, I think it'd be better to ditch the AL and NL if you're going to realign like this; which people would hate. Just have a league with six divisions.
Pacific
same five
Southwest
same five
Southeast
Atlanta
Tampa
Miami
Baltimore
Washington
Heartland
KC
STL
Cubs
White Sox
Minnesota
Midwest
Milwaukee (they could be flipped with the White Sox if desired)
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Northeast
Toronto
Yankees
Mets
Philly
Boston
You left out the battle for Ohio between Cleveland and Cincinnati
I think the 4 teams need to be swapped.. KC and StL should be swapped with the Orioles and Nats... it's the NL EAST... at least all 5 should be in the eastern timezone... then put the KC and Stl teams in one of the central divisions and I think they'll look better.
If you are going to scramble the teams that much you may as well kill the leagues at this point and make new geographical leagues. Fans in mlb don’t really like change so I would only make a team swap divisions or leagues if there’s a really good reason
And just to add, there’s only one problem with our current alignment that needs to be fixed (in my opinion) and that’s having the 2 Texas teams in the AL west. When we eventually expand, I would like to see them form a new division so they don’t have to share a division with teams 2 time zones away. I’m not a fan of either team, I’m just sharing what I think needs to be fixed.
Tigers???
2:58 You split up the Cardinals and Cubs. Bad UA-camr! No deep dish pizza or toasted ravioli for you!
You broke up Cubs-Cardinals.
I appreciate you mentioning that this is only for fun. Many sports fans take What If scenarios like this way too seriously. I get bashed often by college football fans for my takes on conference realignment, especially when it has to do with the MAC, the conference I follow.
As for MLB here, perhaps one of the reasons why I've basically abandoned it is because it's become predictable and too top-heavy with the same teams competing for the World Series every year. I'm convinced it's never going to change unless drastic economic turns happen.
So, what would I do? The American and National Leagues need to be retired. I know that'll piss off a lot of traditionalists, but if we're being realistic here, the AL and NL are redundant and pointless now. Instead, we should just focus on regionality for MLB. Don't call them leagues. Just call them regions and go from there.
My idea is this, considering MLB expands to 32 teams within a decade from now. I know it's not perfect, but it probably won't be anyway.
East Region:
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
North Region:
Cleveland Guardians (should still be Indians though)
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
St. Louis Cardinals
South Region:
Tampa Bay Rays
Miami Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Nashville Stars [Expansion]
Houston Astros
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Colorado Rockies
West Region:
Salt Lake City Bees [Expansion]
Seattle Mariners
San Francisco Giants
Las Vegas A's
Los Angeles Dodgers
LA Angels of Anaheim
San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks
Pittsburgh Pirates NL all day every day. Rivals: Reds, Cubs Phillies and Cardinals. NL all day.
switch Cincy & Detroit
You will never get this considered because it leaves out the main reason for the traditional rivalries: club revenue and television rights. Breaking some of these up makes any logical sense to anyone who is a baseball fan.
@@garymussell6543 it’s not a suggestion brother I’m just having fun
This one’s pretty interesting! If I were to realign the divisions myself, and assuming MLB wants to expand to Portland and Salt Lake City (they’re the farthest along in expansion plans) I’d align the teams as such: Eastern Division: Baltimore, Boston, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Pittsburgh, and Washington; Northern Division: Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minnesota, and St. Louis; Southern Division: Atlanta, Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, (Salt Lake City), Tampa Bay, and Texas; Western Division: Arizona, FJF, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, (Portland), San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. I’d have no conferences, and the top 12 teams make the playoffs directly by record
This makes zero sense. What’s the point of keeping AL/NL?
Stopped watching when you put St.Louis an KC in the NL east
I actually like it and at one point they were considering the A’s moving to the NL West before Houston joined the AL West years ago
Even if this is for fun, you need to do a little research. The Phillies and Mets are rivals in the NL East, not the NL Central.
If I was going to realign the divisions, here's how I'd do it.
NL East:
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Philadelphia Phillies
AL East
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
Baltimore Orioles
Miami Marlins
Tampa Bay Ray's
NL Central:
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Gladiators
Pittsburgh Pirates
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
AL Central:
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
NL West:
Houston Astros
Texas Rangers
Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks
Las Vegas Astros
AL West:
Seattle Mariners
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Angels
San Diego Padres
@@tonyrock1983 I made a lil typo in the script, just like you made a typo with the Las Vegas Astros. I dig your realignment though
Do not add more divisions. 3 per league is perfect. It's okay to have a wild card. We just have too many wild cards. We don't need realignment dude.
Texas fans do not want to be in this stupid division you have concocted.
Neither the Astros nor the Texans have anything in common with Arizona, Colorado, and San Diego.
First, the MLB dumped on 50 years of National League history and tradition as they moved the Astros to the AL to create the phony Silver Boot series with the Rangers.
Now you rip the two Texans teams out of the present AL West to create a new AL West with three NL teams.
I absolutely hate this alignment! I think most Texas baseball fans would hate this alignment!
@@sarahmccoy1941 luckily for you this is only a video for fun, and it’s never going to happen😎👍
No divson should have two teams in the same state other than Cali and Texas
Cincinnati is in Kentucky
@@BlooketWarriorYTsince when?
Why not?
@TonysMusic1974 because it kinda gets rid of inter league rivals and it doesn't seem right
@@BlooketWarriorYT Huh?
What’s the point?
@@danielanderson4428 for fun
Yanks, Red Sox, Mets, O's, Nats
Tigers, Guardians, Reds, Phillies, Pirates
Mariners, Dbacks, Rockies, Rangers, Astros
BlueJays, Twins, Braves, Rays, Marlins
Cubs, WhiteSox, Brewers, Cards, Royals Giants, Dodgers, Angels, A's, Padres
Phillies, Pirates, BlueJays, and Twins can be swapped around at one's pleasing.
Stopped watching after seeing the intro to NL West.
Nah! This accomplishes NOTHING! What we have works. Why “fix”it?
@@MrBlackbass59 not fixing anything. Just having fun
The NFL or No Fun League as it's been called has conferences. MLB has leagues similar function but not the same.
Nope
AL East:
NYY
NYM
BOS
PHIL
PITT
AL Central:
TOR
DET
CLEV
CINN
MIL
AL West:
Hou
TEX
Col
Ariz
LVA
NL East:
Mia
Rays
ATL
Bal
Wash
NL Central:
StL
KC
chic
ChiWs
Min
NL West:
Seattle
SF
LAD
LAA
SD
WITHOUT EXPANSION...
Boston, New Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Atlanta, Baltimore, Miami, Tampa Bay, Washington
Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City, Milwaukee, St. Louis
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota, Toronto
Arizona, Colorado, Houston, Seattle, Texas
Las Vegas, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco
WITH EXPANSION...
Baltimore, Boston, New York Yankees, Toronto
New York Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington
Chicago White Sox, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota
Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis
Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, Tampa Bay
Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Texas
Arizona, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego, San Francisco
Las Vegas, Los Angeles Angels, Salt Lake, Seattle
Mlb should add 10 expansion teams
SEA SF OAK LAA LAC SD ARI COL
TEX HOU STL CHC CWS MIL MIN KC
NYY NYM BOS PHI BAL WAS TOR
DET CLE CIN ATL TB MIA PIT
Lame...
I play around with these all the time when I set up sim leagues. I usually find it works better with East and West Conferences. Three divisions in each conference. Going East to West...Div 1: Boston, Mets, Yankees, Phillies, Baltimore. Div 2: Washington, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay, Miami Div 3: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, Minnesota; Div 4: KC, StL, ChC, ChW, Mil Div 5: Hou, Tex, Arz, Col, LV Div 6: Dodgers, Angels, SF, SD, Seattle