(07-19-2025 12:46 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I don’t think the Texas teams are thrilled about playing in the Pacific time zone. I hope that any future reorganization attempts to bring them with other Central Time team. My proposed AL South (although Central is probably a better geographic designation) would get them out of Pacific Time

It would break symmetry, but another option at 36 teams would be to go to four divisions:

NL West: Portland*, LA Dodgers, San Francisco, San Diego, Arizona
NL North: Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee, Saint Louis, Colorado
NL South: Atlanta, Miami, Austin*, Washington
NL East: New York Mets, Philadelphia, (Montreal/Orlando)*, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati

AL West: Seattle, LA Angels, Las Vegas, Utah*
AL South: Houston, Texas, Nashville*, Tampa Bay, (Charlotte/Raleigh)*
AL North: Kansas City, Minnesota, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland, Detroit
AL East: Baltimore, Boston, New York Yankees, Toronto

I guess if MLB ever wanted to get to 40, Colorado could move to the AL West go square off both West divisions at five teams.