MLB Contract

[drivergreg]

Sportcenter's saying that the new contract, which should be signed soon, will have realignment into two 15 team leagues, interleague play all season long, and an extra Wild Card team in each league. Presumably, the two WC teams will play a single game or a short series to determine who becomes the 4th seed.

I like the changes, I think. Moreso the last two than the first one.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I don't know why they just don't keep the three divisions with Astros going to the AL West everyone has 5 teams. Simple. It might be it easier for someone like the Blujays to sneak in but teams in the Central and maybe the West, AL here, from winning another division title. Unless the Yankees stop spending money. And they might just spend more.

And for our Tigers, we'd play more Boston and NYY and Texas, LAA etc and fewer Cle, CWS, KC..

So I just hope they keep the 3 divisions.

 

[beez]

Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? What are the +'s to having (2) 15 teams divisions instead of the current format? Is it as simple as just wanting everyone in baseball to play each other and expanding different teams to different regions?

Seems like it could have a bit of a toll on players, New York flying out to play Colorado, back to play Boston, out to Anaheim and then down to play Texas in a weeks span... (probably would be more of an organized area regulated schedule but I'd have to imagine you'd run into more and more of this.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Well, I don't think we know for sure that it will be the new format. But if they do, I assume it is to help those current AL East teams and I'm sure some NL teams are in a similar boat, but to help teams like the Blujays who have no chance in hell ever getting into the playoffs.

 

[Rebbiv]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/story/2011-11-13/mlb-schedule-proposal-astros/51212594/1?AID=4992781&PID=4169806&SID=p1pzxzvxvwba