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When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized? - Fighting Muskie - 12-13-2025 09:53 AM
When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized?
RE: When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized? - andybible1995 - 12-13-2025 06:14 PM
(12-13-2025 09:53 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized?
I'd organize it by 4 divisions of 8, AL/NL East, AL/NL West
RE: When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized? - Fighting Muskie - 12-15-2025 07:16 PM
I think 6 divisions is the way to go and makes the fewest teams unhappy as a product of forced realignment.
2 western teams makes keeping 6 divisions really easy. You put them both (Salt Lake City & Portland) in the AL West—they become instant rivals, not to mention there’s a lot of potential for a Portland-Seattle rivalry and a Las Vegas-SLC (Sinners vs [Latter-Day] Saints). Houston goes back to the NL Central and Texas goes to the AL Central.
If it’s 1 western team and 1 southern team, you put the southern team (Charlotte or Nashville) in the NL East with Atlanta. You put the Western team in the AL West.
RE: When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized? - Nerdlinger - 12-15-2025 09:18 PM
Since it was phrased as "should", I chose 4 divisions of 8 because that would work best in a full geographic realignment.
AL East: Boston, Miami, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL West: Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina*, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Nashville*, Washington
NL East: Chicago, Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minnesota, St. Louis, Texas
NL West: Arizona, Colorado, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle
However, if the traditional AL/NL structure remains (as is more likely), with few teams changing leagues, then 8 divisions of 4 would work best.
AL East: Baltimore, Boston, New York, Toronto
AL North: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota
AL South: Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Texas
AL West: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland*, Seattle
NL East: New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington
NL North: Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis
NL South: Atlanta, Carolina*, Miami, Tampa Bay
NL West: Arizona, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco
RE: When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized? - Fighting Muskie - 12-16-2025 04:54 PM
(12-15-2025 09:18 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Since it was phrased as "should", I chose 4 divisions of 8 because that would work best in a full geographic realignment.
AL East: Boston, Miami, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL West: Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina*, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Nashville*, Washington
NL East: Chicago, Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minnesota, St. Louis, Texas
NL West: Arizona, Colorado, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle
However, if the traditional AL/NL structure remains (as is more likely), with few teams changing leagues, then 8 divisions of 4 would work best.
AL East: Baltimore, Boston, New York, Toronto
AL North: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota
AL South: Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Texas
AL West: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland*, Seattle
NL East: New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington
NL North: Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis
NL South: Atlanta, Carolina*, Miami, Tampa Bay
NL West: Arizona, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco
If they do 4 divisions of 8, I think it would be prudent to do a hybrid of geographical (Western US) and historical (Eastern US) divisions.
Your NL West sees an Expansion club, plus the 3 West Coast AL teams come over.
The Rockies, Rangers, and Astros join the AL Central clubs and gets renamed the AL West.
The 5 NL Central teams and the other expansion club would then need to be dispersed among the AL East and NL East.
It makes a lot of sense for the western teams to play each other more often.
RE: When MLB goes to 32, how should it be organized? - GoBuckeyes1047 - 12-16-2025 10:42 PM
(12-15-2025 09:18 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Since it was phrased as "should", I chose 4 divisions of 8 because that would work best in a full geographic realignment.
AL East: Boston, Miami, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL West: Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina*, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Nashville*, Washington
NL East: Chicago, Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minnesota, St. Louis, Texas
NL West: Arizona, Colorado, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle
However, if the traditional AL/NL structure remains (as is more likely), with few teams changing leagues, then 8 divisions of 4 would work best.
AL East: Baltimore, Boston, New York, Toronto
AL North: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota
AL South: Colorado, Houston, Kansas City, Texas
AL West: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland*, Seattle
NL East: New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington
NL North: Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis
NL South: Atlanta, Carolina*, Miami, Tampa Bay
NL West: Arizona, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco
I agree with the 8 divisions of 4 teams format.