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Proposed MLB Realignment

Discussion in 'GatorGrowl's Diamond Gators' started by 74nole, Aug 20, 2025.

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  1. Aug 20, 2025 #1
    74nole

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    What a joke. MLB has operated the last 150 years without any loss of its major rivalries. That’s really about all that needs to be said but what is being talked about is ludicrous.

    Somebody else is going to have to do the cut and paste thing for y’all to see the realignment but they’re talking about moving seven NL teams to the AL and eight AL teams to the NL…..

    NUTZ!
     
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  2. Aug 20, 2025 #2
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  3. Aug 20, 2025 #3
    74nole

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    Obviously I got no patience for it.
     
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  4. Aug 20, 2025 #4
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    I still haven't accepted the Astros moving to the AL, so ....
     
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  5. Aug 20, 2025 #5
    TJtheGator

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    Do they know for sure Nashville and Portland will land expansion franchises and the Rays will stay put in Tampa?

    Dissolvimg NL and AL is nuts. Will pitchers even bat anymore of there is no NL?

    Manfred should resign.
     
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  6. Aug 20, 2025 #6
    legarto79

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    I’m still getting my head around the Brewers in the NL.
     
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  7. Aug 20, 2025 #7
    74nole

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    I haven’t forgiven the White Sox for making Goose Gossage wear shorts to pitch in….:ninja3:
     
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  8. Aug 20, 2025 #8
    KronoGator

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    The NL Adopted the DH in 2022 ;)

    Can expect one expansion team to be Nashville/Charlotte/Raleigh and the other to be out west Portland or Salt Lake City.
     
  9. Aug 21, 2025 #9
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    Nashville is a lock. I would say right now the second team would go to Salt Lake City based on what I've heard.
     
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  10. Aug 21, 2025 #10
    74nole

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    I keep seeing Charlotte for the SE add-on (MLB-Fox). Where is Nashville coming from?
     
  11. Aug 21, 2025 #11
    GatorLurker

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    Remember when the Atlanta Braves were in the NL West?

    Why the sudden urge for geographic compactness? Going back to travel by rail?
     
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    74nole

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    You can bet that for certain people it’s tied to the Almighty dollar!
     
  13. Aug 21, 2025 #13
    KronoGator

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    Geographic realignment to "save travel costs" is dumb.
    MLB teams by timezone

    East: 14
    Central: 8 (9 if you throw Nashville in)
    Mountain: 1
    Pacific: 7 (8 if you add in Portland)

    How do you split that in half?
     
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  14. Aug 21, 2025 #14
    74nole

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    I hate to repeat myself ( I know I know) but if we can keep track of where the $$$$ goes, somewhere somebody stands to land a substantial payoff. But that’s just me.
     
  15. Aug 21, 2025 #15
    GatorLurker

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    Baseball is a business.
     
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  16. Aug 21, 2025 #16
    74nole

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    Chicken or the egg…..

    If it wasn’t for the players playing the game generating interest for the fans then there would be no business for the owners to horde. ;)
     
  17. Aug 22, 2025 #17
    jdgator

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    MLB. Nashville is first choice by far. They want one team on east and one on west coast.
     
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    Noah_Brindise

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    New ownership group apparently wants Tampa but obviously stadium is the issue. Every time this comes up gotta point out taxpayers paid 100% of the Bucs stadium and even with it opening in 1998 and recent renovations it's getting out of date by NFL standards (Tampa isn't really in the Super Bowl rotation anymore). Bucs owners have paid for renovations but obviously whole different deal with a new stadium. Rays owners are gonna have to eat virtually the entire cost if they wanna stay. I hope things can work out but who knows.
     
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  19. Aug 24, 2025 #19
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    Do we really need to expand MLB. The small market teams already struggle to compete.
     
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  20. Aug 24, 2025 #20
    74nole

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    I agree—more to the point, the 30 teams as they are now can hardly keep their rosters competitive with healthy pitchers, much less healthy position players.

    How can they expect to fill two more complete competitive rosters (keeping the talent level at the MLB standard)?
     
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