Houston Astros to AL?????

[Dojji]

http://eye-on-baseball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/32677866

 

That... will take some getting used to.

 

Honestly I feel it's the wrong move. THe Astros have for decades been one of the stronger National League franchises. It would be like moving, oh, say, the Blue Jays to the National League. Nothing wrong with it in principle, but that's just not what they are.

 

When they moved the Brewers it was a team that hadn't done much in a long time and it was a town that felt itself to be an NL town thanks to the Milwaukee Braves. This is much more out of left field, and done to a much more prestigious team in its old league.

 

I feel on the whole it would be better to add two American League teams.

[Palodios]

Massive news. So much to discuss.

 

First point: If the NL accepts the DH, Ortiz is gone.

[Dojji]

What I would have done instead.

 

San Diego to AL West

Houston to NL West

 

Move the least significant vulnerable franchise, like they did with the Brewers. It wouldn't hurt the Padres to switch leagues, they don't owe anything to the NL. the Astros on the other hand are a pillar of the NL Central, and they're one of the flagship National Leauge franchises (or had been for years until they tailed off recently). Seems shortsighted.

 

Or if you really wanted to get crazy, do the same thing they did with Milwaukee, take the town in the NL with the closest ties to the American League and the fewest league-transfer-related problems with media territory and move them to the AL

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Agree with Dojji, except instead of the Padres I'd move the Rockies instead.

 

Great news about the DH, baseball is on it's way to not being retarded anymore.

[Cocos Disciples]

The DH thing is just speculation by the author.

 

So how does this work if it's just the Astros moving over and no counter move? Interleague throughout the season? Can't tell if that's cool or annoying.

[Dojji]

Probably fairly well. The big issue is if maye there might need to be a renegotiation of media territory between the Astros and Rangers.

 

I just think looting one of the big markets from the National League won't do it any favors.