MLB commissioner Rob Manfred teases major moves he wants to accomplish before retirement as he eyes expansion

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has made numerous changes to the sport, and he's eyeing a few more before he calls it a career three years from now.

Manfred, 67, plans to retire when his contract runs out in January 2029, but before he does, he wants to add two more expansion teams. MLB has not expanded since 1997.

"It would be good for us. Fundamentally, a lot of cities that have Major League Baseball, when people want your product, you got to find a way to sell it to them, it’s kind of basic," Manfred told New York's WFAN earlier this week. 

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Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announces the Chicago Cubs will host the 2027 All-Star Game at Wrigley Field.  (David Banks/Imagn Images)

"Number two, it does a ton for us from a format perspective. You would realign, you would do it along geographic lines, which would alleviate – could alleviate – a ton of the travel burden that’s on players. Remember, we ask our players [to play] 162 times in 186 days… You can eliminate a lot of that travel and make it less burdensome, which would be a great thing in terms of player health and safety."

Manfred also hinted at potentially going with an NBA or NHL-style format and having Eastern and Western conferences.

"If you realign geographically, you would look more like other sports, where you play up east into the World Series, and west into the World Series, and that 10:00 game on the West Coast that sometimes is a problem for us becomes a primetime game on the West Coast for the two teams that are playing. So there’s a lot of advantages to it."

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