The schedule plan for 2023 is:

14 games vs each divisional opponent (56)
6 games vs other 10 league opponents (60)
Interleague: 4 games vs 1 rival team, 3 games vs 14 other teams (46)

Now that the DH is here, I like that a team will play every team in MLB.

Let's assume we have 30 teams, and even if Oakland relocates, it's Vegas, Portland, or somewhere West of the Mississippi.

Should MLB stick with the 2 league, 6 division model? Should it go back to a 2 league, 2 division model?

NL
- Mets
- Phillies
- Red Sox
- Yankees
- Blue Jays
- Pirates
- Guardians
- Tigers
- Brewers
- Cubs
- White Sox
- Cardinals
- Reds
- Nationals
- Orioles

AL
- Braves
- Marlins
- Rays
- Rangers
- Astros
- Royals
- Twins
- Mariners
- Dodgers
- Angels
- Giants
- A's
- Padres
- Rockies
- Dbacks

AL West
- Rangers
- Astros
- Rockies
- Dbacks
- A's (Vegas, SA, Nashville)

AL Central
- Royals
- Twins
- White Sox
- Guardians
- Brewers

AL East
- Yankees
- Red Sox
- Orioles
- Blue Jays
- Tigers

NL West
- Mariners
- Dodgers
- Giants
- Padres
- Angels

NL Central
- Cardinals
- Cubs
- Braves
- Rays
- Marlins

NL East
- Mets
- Phillies
- Pirates
- Nationals
- Reds

alphabetical order by city

_lefraud_ said:

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Should MLB stick with the 2 league, 6 division model? Should it go back to a 2 league, 2 division model?

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Did you mean 2 league, 4 divisions (E-W) like it was from 1969-1993? I'd prefer that, honestly, but that worked better when there was no interleague play.

The 1993 NL West was probably the last great pennant race we'll see...Giants won 103 games and stayed home.

That aside...if each league is 15 each, that's an 8-7 division split. If a schedule where everyone plays everyone is the target, that's tricky to make the math work.

With 30 teams, I think the 2023 schedule format is about the best that could be done and keep it reasonably balanced with everyone playing everyone.

The Astros in the same division with the Cards & Cubs! Thank you!

I don't even watch baseball anymore, but if I did, I would want the Rangers to be in a division where they didn't play so many damn games on the west coast.

With no regard to current alignment or history... just totally blowing it up and keeping proximity and time zones in account where possible, because I hate West Coast game times.

NL South (much tougher road for Astros)

• St Louis
• Houston
• Atlanta
• Tampa Bay
• Miami

NL Central (shame on the Rangers for not winning this division!)

• Texas
• Kansas City
• Colorado
• Arizona
• Seattle

NL West

• San Fran
• Oakland/LV
• LA Dodgers
• LA Angels
• San Diego

AL North East

• Boston
• NY Yankees
• NY Mets
• Philadelphia
• Toronto

AL Central

• Baltimore
• Washington
• Pittsburgh
• Cincinnati
• Cleveland

AL Mid West

• Minnesota
• Milwaukee
• Chicago WS
• Chicago Cubs
• Detroit

Add two teams

Relocate two teams.

This would eliminate the AL/NL, but it's all done geographically. Eliminating the leagues would mean a standard tournament bracket for playoffs, which I am all for.

STUPIDLY WEST
Seattle
Oakland
San Francisco
LA Dodgers

WEST
San Diego
LA Angels
Arizona
Colorado

CENTRAL
Houston
Texas
Kansas City
Minnesota

MIDWEST
St Louis
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee
Cincinnati

GREAT LAKES
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
Detroit
Toronto

EAST
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
Miami
Washington
Baltimore

NORTHEAST
Pittsburgh
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Boston
Philadelphia

Dissolve the A's and the Marlins.
Move the Expos back to Montreal
Rename Cleveland the Indians and tell the haters to **** off.

Turn inter-league play back into something really unique and special, 4 series a year against another division - 2 away, 2 home.

Swap the Astros back to the NL and the Brewers back to the AL.

AL West
Rangers
Mariners
Angels
Twins
Royals
White Sox
Tigers


AL East
Yankees
Blue Jays
Red Sox
Orioles
Rays
Indians
Brewers

NL East
Mets
Expos
Phillies
Pirates
Cardinals
Cubs
Braves

NL West
Reds
Astros
Dodgers
Giants
Padres
Diamondbacks
Rockies

2 Division winners, 2 wild cards. That's it.

helloimustbegoing said:

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Dissolve the A's and the Marlins.
Move the Expos back to Montreal
Rename Cleveland the Indians and tell the haters to **** off.

Turn inter-league play back into something really unique and special, 4 series a year against another division - 2 away, 2 home.

Swap the Astros back to the NL and the Brewers back to the AL.

AL West
Rangers
Mariners
Angels
Twins
Royals
White Sox
Tigers


AL East
Yankees
Blue Jays
Red Sox
Orioles
Rays
Indians
Brewers

NL East
Mets
Expos
Phillies
Pirates
Cardinals
Cubs
Braves

NL West
Reds
Astros
Dodgers
Giants
Padres
Diamondbacks
Rockies

2 Division winners, 2 wild cards. That's it.

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I read this and thought I had time warped back to 1972.

All you Astros fans don't care about moving teams in and out of divisions and leagues, but the rest of us like things the way they are…