Apparently for the A's too.
MLB 2025: The A's are Playing Where Now?
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Manfred: ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ Deal on Deck, Realignment Likely
ESPN is eyeballing a chance to go local with an MLB.TV carve-out.
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During his Sunday night drop-in, Manfred also discussed the potential for a broad realignment of MLB, one that would presumably eliminate the canonical AL and NL in favor of a more travel-friendly geographical clustering.
The hypothetical realignment would coincide with the expansion of MLB to 32 franchises. In one scenario, a four-club “Northeast” division would include near-neighbors the Yankees, Mets, Phillies and Red Sox, while a “Mid-Atlantic” cluster would house the Nationals, Orioles, Pirates and Guardians.
“I think if we expand, it provides us with an opportunity to geographically realign,” Manfred said. “I think we could save a lot of wear and tear on our players in terms of travel. And I think our postseason format would be even more appealing for entities like ESPN, because … that 10 o’clock time slot where we sometimes get Boston-Anaheim would now be two West Coast teams. And so that slot, [which has been] a problem for us sometimes, becomes a real opportunity for our West Coast audience.”
Rob Manfred says MLB expansion could lead to geographical realignment in divisions
Manfred has said he would like MLB to set expansion wheels in motion before the end of the decade
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Not sure I understand, Boston would still be making West Coast trips, unless they plan on not having East and West play each other during the season.
