MLB - Expansion and realignment

[Redskins Rick]

http://www.masnsports.com/orioles-buzz/2018/09/andrew-stetka-realignment-could-factor-into-how-quickly-os-can-compete.html

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There’s been a lot of chatter in recent years about potential realignment in Major League Baseball that is likely to go along with expansion. Charlotte, Portland, Nashville and Montreal are among the North American cities rumored to be in the mix to get a major league team in the near future. Any expansion to 32 teams would have to come with a form of realignment. That would drastically change the competitive balance of the game.

I think its just chatter, much like the desire by some to see MLB strip Angelos family of the team and sell it to somebody different.

Baseball isn't healthy enough to expand, IMO.

[wildcard]

6 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

http://www.masnsports.com/orioles-buzz/2018/09/andrew-stetka-realignment-could-factor-into-how-quickly-os-can-compete.html

I think its just chatter, much like the desire by some to see MLB strip Angelos family of the team and sell it to somebody different.

Baseball isn't healthy enough to expand, IMO.

The commissioner is talking up expansion but some of the owners are not real in favor of it. Especially the owner that would be impacted by the expansion teams coming into their territory for either attendance or TV rights.  Another consideration is were will MLB get another 48 major league pitchers for the 4 teams.

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

The commissioner is talking up expansion but some of the owners are not real in favor of it. Especially the owner that would be impacted by the expansion teams coming into their territory for either attendance or TV rights.  Another consideration is were will MLB get another 48 major league pitchers for the 4 teams.

Totally agreed, not enough decent pitching arms now. IMO

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, wildcard said:

The commissioner is talking up expansion but some of the owners are not real in favor of it. Especially the owner that would be impacted by the expansion teams coming into their territory for either attendance or TV rights.  Another consideration is were will MLB get another 48 major league pitchers for the 4 teams.

I think the Orioles have proven that you don't need major league pitchers.

[Redskins Rick]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I think the Orioles have proven that you don't need major league pitchers.

Tampa has also proven that there is a shortage of SP in baseball

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Tampa has also proven that there is a shortage of SP in baseball

Sure seems to be hurting them. 

[TonySoprano]

Allow Oakland or Tampa to move to one of these markets; where's the fun in that? The owners and MLB want this because they all get a cut from the exorbitant fees the new owners must pay.  For that, they get an expansion draft.

This is how the expansion draft worked in 1997
 

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The protected list for each team consisted of:
For the first round, 15 players from the rosters of their entire organization—both their 40-man roster, plus all minor league affiliates.

Each team could add three more players to its protected list after each round.

All players in an organization were eligible to be drafted, except those with no prior major league experience who had less than three years service if signed at age 19 or older, or had less than four years of service if signed at age 18 or younger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft

 

[Greg Pappas]

25 minutes ago, wildcard said:

The commissioner is talking up expansion but some of the owners are not real in favor of it. Especially the owner that would be impacted by the expansion teams coming into their territory for either attendance or TV rights.  Another consideration is were will MLB get another 48 major league pitchers for the 4 teams.

Baseball is looking to expand by two teams, not four. There are currently 30 MLB teams. Adding two would give them the ideal number of teams, at 32, for scheduling and realignment purposes. 

[Moose Milligan]

No...no.  No.  No.

No need for expansion.  Don't need to water the game down.

Also, Montreal?  Really?  Didn't they already prove once that they didn't support the ML team they had 15 years ago?  

[Can_of_corn]

8 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

No...no.  No.  No.

No need for expansion.  Don't need to water the game down.

Also, Montreal?  Really?  Didn't they already prove once that they didn't support the ML team they had 15 years ago?  

Washington and Baltimore both lost two ML teams and currently have teams.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Washington and Baltimore both lost two ML teams and currently have teams.

In ancient times.  Like the 70's and earlier.

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Washington and Baltimore both lost two ML teams and currently have teams.

Washington has lost teams, more than once.

Sitting at #11 in 2018 for attendance, would be expected for a mid-market team.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

In ancient times.  Like the 70's and earlier.

So losing a franchise should only be a mark against Montreal?

Details like how horrible their owner was and how the strike killed their most successful team arn't important.

Do you think Miami deserves a team more than Montreal?

[Redskins Rick]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

In ancient times.  Like the 70's and earlier.

Hey I remember 1972, so you calling me ancient????

LMBO

[Can_of_corn]

14 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

No...no.  No.  No.

No need for expansion.  Don't need to water the game down.

Also, Montreal?  Really?  Didn't they already prove once that they didn't support the ML team they had 15 years ago?  

Also Montreal getting a team would hurt Toronto, which is a good thing in my book since Cito sucks.