2017 Arbitrary Babble

[HafDawg2003]

It feels like we talk realignment whenever two or more good teams are in two or more divisions and one or two divisions suck.

If it would help, I'll just switch to Atlanta so there's someone else active in the NL East.

[Mach]

It feels like we talk realignment whenever two or more good teams are in two or more divisions and one or two divisions suck.

If it would help, I'll just switch to Atlanta so there's someone else active in the NL East.

Bingo, and that will always happen. In theory, the best way to counter that would be to balance the GM skill across the divisions, not the team skill since teams fluctuate, but GM skill is largely set.

[Slyder]

Bingo, and that will always happen. In theory, the best way to counter that would be to balance the GM skill across the divisions, not the team skill since teams fluctuate, but GM skill is largely set.

This is all cyclical. Up until the last season (arguably) the NL West was the "best" with the machine that was Arizona and Porter in Anaheim, and it wasn't that long ago KC had a very nice run themselves. Time/salary cap made it necessary for them to rebuild. This is why if you look most of my (that I signed guys to) are up in the next 2 years and why I always have like a dozen free agents to be. KoZ happen to be the one to step up when Arizona and Anaheim waved the white flag and filled the power gap and take advantage of the sell offs.

At least it's not like MSL where St Louis who finished last in the NL West would have been 2nd (and made the playoffs) if they had been in the NL East. I don't see where an undeserving team is going to make it. The loser of the NL Central is probably going to be in the 95-105 win range and there's no one really in the other divisions who can really cry foul as Philly and Pittsburgh are going to be in the mid 80s- low 90s.

In the AL, Baltimore has an 11 game lead over its next rival for wild card. I don't think its really that unbalanced. Just some guys who normally be at the peak are going through retooling/rebuilding phases.

[Kingdom]

I was contending before they dropped off the map. You're weird.

[Kingdom]

Bingo, and that will always happen. In theory, the best way to counter that would be to balance the GM skill across the divisions, not the team skill since teams fluctuate, but GM skill is largely set.

Exactly. Which is why the NL West is pretty loaded. Two are rebuilding and one is getting closer to being back to where they once were. So having only one good team is more of an anomaly. I don't think divisions need altered unless you wanted to swap Atlanta for one of those four (let's say Anaheim and then just change names cause I'm sure Porter could care less about that name)

[schisno]

I was just aiming to get Toronto in the AL East and Montreal in the NL East. I don't know what this competitive balance talk is all about, especially when I'm not really playing the way others do.

[Kingdom]

You're what we call a "non factor"

[Mach]

I was just aiming to get Toronto in the AL East and Montreal in the NL East. I don't know what this competitive balance talk is all about, especially when I'm not really playing the way others do.

Montreal doesn't even exist though.

[HafDawg2003]

I was just aiming to get Toronto in the AL East and Montreal in the NL East. I don't know what this competitive balance talk is all about, especially when I'm not really playing the way others do.

My impression (rightly or wrongly) was that you'd ideally like out of the division with Trendy and Hammer.

[Hammer]

i will graciously relocate my team every single season, to be in whatever division i deem the weakest right after free agency. im a class act like that, i will have a roving fan base.

[schisno]

My impression (rightly or wrongly) was that you'd ideally like out of the division with Trendy and Hammer.

Ha, no, no.

You could take the current Jays I have now and give me another team in the AL East and I would be fine with that and still do what I'm doing.

[schisno]

You're what we call a "non factor"

[Kingdom]

Ha, no, no.You could take the current Jays I have now and give me another team in the AL East and I would be fine with that and still do what I'm doing.

we can give you new york then, they aren't going anywhere ever

[Kingdom]

You did, however, contribute this epic smily

[Shadow29]

But then where do you put me? Depending on whether I am around I can be a contender or nothing at all....