The reactions came swiftly after Manfred made his comments during the broadcast, with baseball traditionalists decrying the idea of realigning the divisions.

If MLB has expansion in the coming years, it’s expected those leagues could be totally reimagined to break up baseball’s league and division infrastructure as we know it going forward.

Manfred said Sunday that the league “could save a lot of wear and tear on our players in terms of travel,” and that’s absolutely true.