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Colorado Rockies: What relegation could look like in MLB

By Nathaniel Sunshine

Sep 25, 2021; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Rockies left fielder Raimel Tapia reacts after getting called out on strikes while playing against the San Francisco Giants in the third inning at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Michael Ciaglo-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2021; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Rockies left fielder Raimel Tapia reacts after getting called out on strikes while playing against the San Francisco Giants in the third inning at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Michael Ciaglo-USA TODAY Sports /
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KANSAS CITY, MO – APRIL 05: Season schedule magnets of the Kansas City Royals are handed out prior to the 2010 home opener against the Detroit Tigers on April 5, 2010 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty Images) /

How would MLB scheduling work?

It would be fun to work out some form of inter-level play as it would be to the boon of the lower-level clubs. Packed stadiums would come to see the New York Yankees play the Omaha Storm Chasers, but for now, we are just going to focus on keeping the schedules within each class.

For Class A, a simple revision of the current MLB layouts can be done with 76 division games, 33 games against the other division in your league, and 53 interleague games.

Class B and C will follow a similar structure, except adjusted to allow for the pod format.

Each team will play 70 games against teams in its own pod, 60 games against the other pod in its league, and 32 games of interleague play. This format helps limit travel and hopefully keep costs down while maximizing profit.

Now that we have the foundations of the new MLB, we can finally get into what I am sure you all have been waiting for: the actual regulation procedure.

Ok, so obviously playoffs are going to have to work differently in a three-league world and with the increase of “MLB” teams from 30 teams to 66. So how would the MLB playoffs look?

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