MLB 2025: The A's are Playing Where Now?

[The Nth Doctor]

As much as I was keen on the other alignment (particularly a Great Lakes division), I think this is a better solution.

Which, of course, means Manfred would never go for it.

 

[tomalak301]

Any kind of realignment that keeps the Dodgers and Giants together (Because it is such a historic rivalry) I would prefer.

 

[cardinal biggles]

So this is something I've been kicking around in my mind since these different realignment ideas have been floated:

If a city or a state have two teams, they need to be in different leagues.* I know, full-on interleague play and the universal DH means the leagues are irrelevant. Heck, I'd be breaking up the legendary P00P rivalry in my own state. But it just seems... I dunno, weird to have the Rangers and Astros in the same league (like they have been since 2013). Or to put the Mets and Yankees in the same division under the East/West realignment idea.

*If they have more than two, it doesn't really matter beyond the first two. Once the A's move to Vegas, there'll be a 3-1 imbalance in favor of the NL in California, but whatever.

 

[Skywalker]

I agree with that. I also kind of wish the Astros would move back to the NL. I suppose that realignment proposal I mentioned in my previous post could still work if the Astros moved to the NL South and the Rays stay in the AL South, but that would create a large geographic gap in a division stretching from Tampa Bay to Denver.

 

[Aragorn]

Since 2024, Roku airs the first Sunday game of the day, paying the MLB $10 million per season. I wonder how many people actually watch. Today it's Rockies vs. Pirates, although Skenes is pitching.

Originally Peacock aired it for two seasons.

 

[1001001]

So, during the Angels/Rangers game where we got blown out, somehow first baseman Oswald Peraza ended up on the mound.

He pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up 8 runs.

That’s an ERA of 216.00

Goddamn it all.

 

[Aragorn]

MLB and MLBPA agree to extend nondisciplinary paid leave "until further notice" for Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz while they continue the gambling investigation.

 

[MikeH92467]

The most visible repair work on Tropicana Field has started. The first new roof panel has been put up and the City of St. Petersburg is holding to it's timeline of having the place ready for opening day next year. The new panels are rated as being able to withstand 165mph winds. So (hurricanes allowing) it looks like the Rays will have their home back (be it ever so humble) through at least 2028. That raises the question of what happens after 2028 and whether the new owners (assuming they do take over) have enough juice to get a new stadium somewhere in Tampa Bay. After lunch with one of the movers and shakers in Tampa Bay sports last week, I'm just as mystified as everyone else. After everything that's gone down it still boils down to this: St. Petersburg/Pinellas County have the money. Tampa/Hillsborough County have the population, although due to the geography there is no really ideal stadium location. To be continued....

 

[BillJ]

The most visible repair work on Tropicana Field has started. The first new roof panel has been put up and the City of St. Petersburg is holding to it's timeline of having the place ready for opening day next year. The new panels are rated as being able to withstand 165mph winds. So (hurricanes allowing) it looks like the Rays will have their home back (be it ever so humble) through at least 2028. That raises the question of what happens after 2028 and whether the new owners (assuming they do take over) have enough juice to get a new stadium somewhere in Tampa Bay. After lunch with one of the movers and shakers in Tampa Bay sports last week, I'm just as mystified as everyone else. After everything that's gone down it still boils down to this: St. Petersburg/Pinellas County have the money. Tampa/Hillsborough County have the population, although due to the geography there is no really ideal stadium location. To be continued....

They’re going to end up in Nashville, Portland or Montreal. I don’t think there’s a realistic way to save them in Tampa.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

The Mariners are playing Tampa tonight at the New York Yankees Triple A facility Steinbrenner Field.​

 

[MikeH92467]

They’re going to end up in Nashville, Portland or Montreal. I don’t think there’s a realistic way to save them in Tampa.

IMHO Montreal is a non-starter, the economics of the exchange rate are a handicap for Canadian sports teams and I have seen nothing to make me believe they have a couple of billion $ for a stadium (they also haven't forgotten the financial disaster of the Olympic Stadium), public or private. I could be wrong of course. Nashville, Portland and Salt Lake City might be in the picture, but Nashville is just putting the finishing touches on their new football stadium and isn't sounding really enthusiastic about another shakedown. Salt Lake City and Portland could be players, but I think MLB is saving them for expansion teams and MLB doesn't want to give up the Tampa Bay TV market. Orlando has been a lot of talk, but Orlando has a lot of pretensions to go along with their ambitions, but I'm not convinced they can get a stadium built either.

 

[MikeH92467]

The Mariners are playing Tampa tonight at the New York Yankees Triple A facility Steinbrenner Field.​

Steinbrenner Field is the Yankmees' spring training facility and the home of their Low A farm team.

 

[Aragorn]

100 losses now for the Rockies. How low can they go?

 

[cardinal biggles]

They only have to win three games to avoid tying the 2024 White Sox for worst W-L record in the Modern Era.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

That's asking for too much.