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The reasons given for the Astros move is...
NL Central has six teams and the AL West has 4, so it would even those divisions to 5
This gives it a natural rivarly (Rangers v Astros)
Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle likes the move because the Astros will never sustain enough winning to becomes rivals with the Cubs or Cards.
but what would be a better rivarly? (astros/rangers or reds/indians)?
The reasons given for the Astros move is...
NL Central has six teams and the AL West has 4, so it would even those divisions to 5
This gives it a natural rivarly (Rangers v Astros)
Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle likes the move because the Astros will never sustain enough winning to becomes rivals with the Cubs or Cards.
but what would be a better rivarly? (astros/rangers or reds/indians)?
The Rangers/Astros will never be a rivalry no matter how bad they try to manufacture one. We win the "silver boot" every year and nobody cares.
If they were in the division people would care. The biggest advantage the Yanks, and Sox have over everybody else is that they aren't very far away from each other. Same with most of the other AL East teams.
That means less travel miles on the players and staff. Fans can literally go to any game they want to so attendance is always nice. They play more games within their time zone so more people can watch on TV.
I personally would love to see the Astros in the Rangers division. 1. It gets the Stros out of the Cards division and 2. It would give the Rangers more games at a normal time. Personally, I would move the Rays to OKC or North Dallas and radically realign the divisions. Astros, Rangers, Rays, KC and maybe the Brewers all in 1 division. Also, I think I'd either get rid of the DH or have both leagues use it.