In this case, two teams, both expansion clubs, would have to switch leagues. This realignment would keep existing rivalries ...

With talk of expansion and realignment heating up, I took a look last week at what that could mean for the Kansas City Royals in the years ahead. Expansion and realignment could mean a very different ...

A week ago Sunday, Commissioner Rob Manfred appeared on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast of the Little League Classic and broached the idea of MLB expansion: “I think if we expand, it provides ...

Welcome to State of the Union, a weekly column covering the commissioner's office, the players' union and all the forces shaping the future of our national pastime. Rob Manfred kicked up quite the ...

NEW YORK -- That was quite a bombshell baseball commissioner Rob Manfred dropped in the middle of MLB's Little League Classic game in Williamsport, Pa., last week, hinting in an ESPN interview that ...

Realignment is coming to Major League Baseball. It’s not a matter of if, but when. At some point in the next decade MLB is going to expand to 32 teams. Commissioner Rob Manfred has said in the past he ...

Commissioner Rob Manfred created quite a bit of buzz around the baseball world last week when he made comments on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball last weekend that suggested the league’s desired ...

A realignment of Major League Baseball is a distinct possibility — but in that scenario, the Subway Series being an intradivision spectacle is unlikely. Commissioner Rob Manfred, who has previously ...