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5 NL/AL realignments that would send MLB world into pure chaos

By Drew Koch

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets in action against Anthony Rizzo #48 of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 23, 2022 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mets 4-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets in action against Anthony Rizzo #48 of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 23, 2022 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mets 4-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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MLB realignment, Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees in action against the New York Mets.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 27: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees in action against the New York Mets. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

2. MLB realignment chaos: New York Yankees and New York Mets in the same division.

Now you knew this was coming. If MLB realignment goes in the direction that many experts and pundits feel that it will, the New York Yankees and New York Mets will be inevitably placed in the same division. Get your popcorn ready.

For a long time, the Yankees have been the kings of New York. The free-spending Bronx Bombers always looked at the Mets as the little brother in the Big Apple. But Mets owner Steve Cohen has changed that narrative.

Cohen is determined to bring a World Series Championship to Queens. Cohen has spared no expense over the past couple of seasons after bringing in the likes of Cy Young Award winners Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander. The Mets look like a top contender in the NL this season, and MLB realignment will not stop the spending spree.

The Yankees, on the other hand, have not been that same juggernaut for the past couple of seasons. Sure, Brian Cashman re-signed AL MVP Aaron Judge to a contract that will make his a Yankee for life, but the club hasn’t been to the World Series since 2009, which is like an eternity for Yankees fans.

Any form of MLB realignment would have to put the New York Mets and New York Yankees in the same division. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if the Mets returned to the promised land before the Yankees?

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