<u>AL Eastern</u> Boston (.759) New York (A) (.605) Detroit (.451) Tampa Bay (.407) Baltimore (.377) <u>AL Central</u> Mexico City (.685) Toronto (.531) Chicago (A) (.432) Texas (.389) Las Vegas (.333) <u>AL West</u> Seattle (.679) Cleveland (.537) Minnesota (.481) Anaheim (.333) <u>NL East</u> Atlanta (.698) New York (N) (.556) Montreal (.463) Pittsburgh (.389) Cincinnati (.265) <u>NL Central</u> Houston (.720) Richmond (.636) Austin (.451) Milwaukee (.444) St. Louis (.438) Arizona (.389) <u>NL West</u> Los Angeles (.586) Chicago (.525) San Francisco (.491) San Diego (.488) Colorado (.463) --------------------------------- This is all under the assumption that you can't alter the numbers per division. I tried to adjust it so that each division had 2 teams that were above .500 last year. I also tried to keep the geography in mind. In a perfect world, Richmond would be moved to the NL West, but that's kind of totally ignoring geography. I'm pretty sure I know at least one person won't like being stuck in the NL Central...
I have a different idea-This was thought of before BGM made his, so not in spite AL West Seattle Arizona (they are a competitive team) Las Vegas Anaheim AL Central Mexico City Cleveland Chicago(A) Milwaukee Texas AL East Boston New York Baltimore Toronto Tampa Bay NL East Atlanta Richmond New York Detroit Montreal NL Central Houston St. Louis(they are typically continually competitive) Minnesota Pittsburgh Cincinnati Austin NL West Chicago(N) Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Colorado overall, i tried to keep teams within division if it meant switching leagues and if possible kept them in their original league, however this should present continous divisional rivalries and competiveness, you dont have to include the minnesota for milwaukee swap, thus thought it evened things out a bit
Cubs are in favor of any change moving them out of the NL Central. It would be even better if our traditional rivals Cincinnati, Pittsburg, and Las Vegas could move with us.
I tend to favor BGM's version, but I have one suggestion. I think the AL West is far too stacked. Seattle and Cleveland are annual contenders, and the Twins have a lot of young talent and should be good soon. I would suggest moving Cleveland to the Central, and Texas to the West. Texas isn't a horrible team, but at the same point they aren't like Cleveland either. I think this would balance out the power a little bit...
I agree with Cat's suggestion. Both Cleveland AND Minnesota would give the AL West 3 of the AL's top 6 teams (Minnesota is usually better than Toronto)
im an east coast team, besides i dont like putting prob 2 of the top 3 teams in the league in a position where one looks at a wc berth-personally division strength comes and goes and ii dont see whats wrong with the system now, in fact you could just move colorado to the al west, chicago to the nl west and texas to the nl central-geographic vs houston, i personally think the best solution would be if an east coast or central owner wanted to move west
I disagree with that. If we put Cleveland in the Central we'd have 3 of the top 6 teams as well. I think Toronto is better than Minnesota b/c Toronto had to match up more against the Yankees and Red Sox, plus they have more revenue, therefore a better chance at staying competitive than the Twins.
For the people that have a problem with how the AL Central and West are set up, what would you guys think if the White Sox replaced the Twins in the west?
Iam not really concerned about the A.L. but I think in fairness i would switch the twins and Whitesox. The problem i have in the N.L.is that all divisions seem to get a non human team to beat up on except the N.L. West.. I also think that DV gets screwed by going to the central. What i would do int he N.L. is have the following: N.L. East Atlanta Richmond Montreal Austin Cincinnati N.L. Central Houston New York San Diego Milwaukee St. Louis Arizona N.L. West Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco Colorado Pittsburgh The N.L. Central is still pretty tough but at least the teams at the bottom don't look up and see 2 teams with +.600 winning%. The East still has 2 good teams in it but they will be fighting it out for the division and probably the wildcard for the one that doesn't get it. The west gets an even shake with the rest of the divisions. The reason i do not like the original is the fact that we play an unbalanced schedule so what that does is greatly reduce the possibility that a West team can contend for the wildcard. While the top teams in the other divisions can count on 15 or so games against at least one crappy team the west would play a tougher schedule overall. edited It was called to my attention by an East manager that to help the central we could switch Austin and St. Louis.
