Diamondbacks could be moving to the AL West

[HooverDam]

Disagree with you Hoover.

Houston and Dallas are not the same market - so your Bay Area/LA/NYC/Chicago analogy does not apply.

Its geographic proximity that matters, not being in the same market. The best examples here are the 2 Florida teams and the 2 Missouri teams. Notice, they're in different leagues. The MLB wants people in those states to be able to see both leagues and be within a reasonable distance I imagine. The only exception to this rule in all of the MLB is the 2 NL teams in Pennsylvania.

Moving AZ or COL to the AL West, then Houston over to the NL West (leaving the Central with only 5 teams) makes the most sense.

The best solution would've been for Tampa Bay or Florida to move out West, but thats not happening now. I would've loved to have seen a team in Vegas (or Portland or SLC) for instance and then the Pirates could've moved over to an Eastern division, but the Florida teams seem secure in their locations now for the foreseeable future.

 

[Dback Jon]

Its geographic proximity that matters, not being in the same market. The best examples here are the 2 Florida teams and the 2 Missouri teams. Notice, they're in different leagues. The MLB wants people in those states to be able to see both leagues and be within a reasonable distance I imagine. The only exception to this rule in all of the MLB is the 2 NL teams in Pennsylvania.

Moving AZ or COL to the AL West, then Houston over to the NL West (leaving the Central with only 5 teams) makes the most sense.

The best solution would've been for Tampa Bay or Florida to move out West, but thats not happening now. I would've loved to have seen a team in Vegas (or Portland or SLC) for instance and then the Pirates could've moved over to an Eastern division, but the Florida teams seem secure in their locations now for the foreseeable future.

So you have three in the same state that are in different leagues, and one in the same league. Not really a big prescedent.

Houston to the NL West makes ZERO sense. Having two Texas teams both the only team in their division in the central time zone would be assinine.

Texas has been pushing to either move divisions, or get another team in the Central time zone.

Houston to the AL West is the most logical choice.