That’s news when the commissioner says it publicly, but impending realignment has not been a closely guarded secret. Expanding to 32 clubs would necessitate some reshuffling, the most likely of which would be moving to eight divisions of four teams apiece.

There has been a lot of change happening in MLB over the past handful of seasons, and that it is expected to continue with the implementation of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system.

The idea unquestionably would create one of the biggest shake-ups in baseball and likely end the long-standing format that MLB has operated under for more than 100 years.