US EditionAnother Realignment Idea: What if New Baseball Divisions Were Based on Market Size?
MLB plans geographic realignment with new Nashville and Salt Lake City teams, creating divisions by market size to enhance competitive balance and postseason access.
- Commissioner Rob Manfred announced during an ESPN telecast that MLB expansion to 32 teams and realignment could happen soon.
- This possibility follows the last major MLB realignment after 1993, and the league aims to address travel burdens and competitive balance.
- Proposals suggest restructuring the leagues from three groups of five teams each into four groups containing four teams, with some franchises realigned based on the size of their markets.
- Manfred indicated that expansion might offer a chance to adjust the league's geographic structure, suggesting that both expansion and realignment are potential options being considered in the near future.
- These changes could impact playoff structures and heighten negotiations during a looming collective bargaining fight that might involve a salary cap.
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Another realignment idea: What if new MLB divisions were based on market size?
Commissioner Rob Manfred caused a bit of a stir recently when he said during an ESPN telecast that expansion and realignment could be on the table soon. That led to a number of suggestions and ideas about what baseball’s league and divisional structure might look like in the future, with geography and traditional rivalries driving much of that discussion. But there’s another factor that in theory can be used to reorganize the sport: market size.…
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Another realignment idea: What if new baseball divisions were based on market size?
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Poll: Is Geographic Realignment A Good Idea?
Commissioner Rob Manfred created quite a bit of buzz around the baseball world last week when he made comments on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball last weekend that suggested the league’s desired expansion to 32 teams could be coupled with a dramatic realignment of MLB’s current structure. “I think if we expand, it provides us with an opportunity to geographically realign,” Manfred said on the broadcast. “I think we could save a lot of wear and tear…
Another realignment idea: What if new baseball divisions were based on
Commissioner Rob Manfred caused a bit of a stir recently when he said during an ESPN telecast that expansion and realignment could be on the table soon. That led to a number of suggestions and ideas about what baseball’s league and divisional structure might look like in the future, with geography and traditional rivalries driving much of that discussion. But there’s another factor that in theory can be used to reorganize the sport: market size.…
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