Baseball should realign their divisions and get rid of the NL/AL past.

[Yavin4]

Now that the DH rule has been settled, it's time to realign the divisions based on geographical rivalries instead of the old NL/AL split.

Here's how I would do it.

Northeast
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies

Southeast
Baltimore Orioles
Washington Nationals
Atlanta Braves
Tamp Rays
Miami Marlins


Central
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleveland Guardians
Cincinatti Reds

Midwest
Chicago WhiteSox
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers
KC Royals
St Louis Cardinals

Mountain
Colorado Rockies
AZ Diamondbacks
Houston Astros
Texas Rangers
Oakland As

West
Seattle Mariners
San Francisco Giants
LA Dodgers
Anaheim Angels
San Diego Padres

[Auggie]

1. I like your merger realignment ...

but still hate the DH.

Baseball needs to increase regional rivalries, not limit them. I don’t like full inter-league play either. Dodgers only come to S.F twice all year. One of the greatest rivalries in baseball, and MLB totally fucked it up.

[AltairIV]

2. Agreed

I too hate the dh.

[Yavin4]

5. I would increase the number of in division games to 20.

That way each teams plays about half of its games within the division. Again, makes it easier for fans to travel to the games.

[Auggie]

7. Perfect. I'll add true revenue sharing and a true salary cap.

Hey, we've saved baseball.

[Yavin4]

8. Tack on a salary floor

and you have a deal.

[underpants]

3. Nice groups. The Mountain sucks everything else in. I do have to point out

That Atlanta is further west than Detroit.

Not that that would change the groups.

[Yavin4]

4. I tried to group it so that it's easier for fans to travel to see their teams.

It's easier to go from Baltimore to ATL.

[underpants]

6. No I got that. 👍

[dflprincess]

9. Twins belong in the Midwest

The division you have them in is all way east of here & makes no geographic sense and would not make it easy for the fans to travel. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Cincinatti are all east of Chicago (And, of course, the White Sox have been their biggest rivalry). It would make more sense to toss St. Louis into the Central.

[Yavin4]

10. I want to keep the Cardinals/Cubs rivalry. n/t