During Sunday night's Little League Classic between the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred talked about the possibility of not just expansion, but also a total overhaul of the leagues as we know them.

MLB Announces Historic Trevor Story Development Before Red Sox Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. With a 67–56 record entering Saturday, the Boston Red Sox are clinging on to the American League’s second wild card spot as the postseason race heats up.

Jarlin Susana (WSH No. 3) and Harrisburg battle Kevin McGonigle (DET No. 1) and Erie (playing as the Moon Mammoths). Visit MiLB.TV for more.

Recently, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred noted that the league could realign geographically. FOX Sports outlined a plan that would group four major teams.

St. Louis can earn a top lottery selection in the 2026 MLB draft, which would fall within the first six picks. If they fall out of the top six, then St. Louis could once again be eligible in 2027 for a top lottery pick if they miss the postseason once again.

Eight divisions with four teams each, which is a huge shift from today's six divisions with five teams. The American League gets condensed (confined to the heavily populated East Coast out to the Great Lakes region), while the National League stretches out for far more square mileage.

The 84-win Diamondbacks squeezed into the playoffs during the final week of the season, landing the National League's No. 6 seed, and parlayed that opportunity into a World Series berth. They were an exciting, emergent team that turned into one of baseball's great Cinderella stories. Now consider how baseball's current format abetted Arizona's run:

If realignment is coming to MLB, the Giants will be impacted. Here are the changes that would be dealbreakers.

It's odd that Major League Baseball does not have a Most Improved Player Award similar to the one handed out at the end of each NBA season.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told a national TV audience that expansion likely would be tied to reshuffling leagues and divisions to ease travel.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell has MLB aspirations after his NBA career, citing his admiration for Mets' Francisco Lindor.