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KC moves to NL Central.
PIT moves to NL East.
MIA moves to AL East.
TOR moves to AL Central.
This sets up 13 games per year of:
STL vs. KC in NL Central;
PHI vs. PIT in NL East;
TB vs. MIA in AL East;
TOR vs. DET in AL Central;
as well as improved attendance for MIA, with NYY and BOS each coming in twice every year.
I know TOR always wanted to be with NYY because of attendance. However, with the less unbalanced schedule coming next year (just 13 games against each division team), they'd only be losing one home series a year against NYY. And, teams will play some inter-division opponents 7 times instead of 6, and NYY could automatically be one of those teams for TOR. Assuming 4 of those are at home, any financial loss for TOR should be negligible (because, they'll only be getting 6 or 7 at home against NYY anyway). We are talking about only a difference of 2 and no more than 3 games per year.
Would KC, MIA, or PIT have an issue? I can't see why. MIA now has to pay a DH no matter what league they're in, and while they'd be going up against two empires in the AL East, it's not like they're going all out to win where they are now.
So much upside, and all that's needed to set it in motion is having KC and MIA switch leagues, but those are two rather peripheral expansion franchises that could realistically play anywhere. And I believe KC actually wanted to make the switch in '98, and MIA was willing in '13.
What do you think?
PIT moves to NL East.
MIA moves to AL East.
TOR moves to AL Central.
This sets up 13 games per year of:
STL vs. KC in NL Central;
PHI vs. PIT in NL East;
TB vs. MIA in AL East;
TOR vs. DET in AL Central;
as well as improved attendance for MIA, with NYY and BOS each coming in twice every year.
I know TOR always wanted to be with NYY because of attendance. However, with the less unbalanced schedule coming next year (just 13 games against each division team), they'd only be losing one home series a year against NYY. And, teams will play some inter-division opponents 7 times instead of 6, and NYY could automatically be one of those teams for TOR. Assuming 4 of those are at home, any financial loss for TOR should be negligible (because, they'll only be getting 6 or 7 at home against NYY anyway). We are talking about only a difference of 2 and no more than 3 games per year.
Would KC, MIA, or PIT have an issue? I can't see why. MIA now has to pay a DH no matter what league they're in, and while they'd be going up against two empires in the AL East, it's not like they're going all out to win where they are now.
So much upside, and all that's needed to set it in motion is having KC and MIA switch leagues, but those are two rather peripheral expansion franchises that could realistically play anywhere. And I believe KC actually wanted to make the switch in '98, and MIA was willing in '13.
What do you think?
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