I was just looking at the standings, and notice that once again, the AL East has come down to Boston and New York. Nobody else in that division has a chance - again. I can't imagine how it must feel for the Toronto, Baltimore, and TB fans, whose teams seemingly have NO chance year in and year out competing against the nearly half a billion dollars of payroll at the top. Not only that, but the unbalanced schedule dooms the bottom three to losing records as well. I wonder, is this good for that division? On one hand its a great rivalry, but on the other, its really only a two team division. What do you all think?

 

SFF

Let me be the first to suggest contraction start with the Red Sox and Yankees.

 

But seriously a salary cap and capping the salary of draft pick would be helpful. Eventually, the other three cities will be dead baseball towns. Its killing the competion in simple economic terms.

 

Baltimore had some good years in the 90's, and Toronto had it's heyday in the late 80's/early 90's. That's another thing I don't like about the 3 division format, the same teams are in the playoffs year in-year out.