The Committee
Commissioner of Major League Baseball Bud Selig created a “special committee for on-field matters” that has already come up with a big idea for a change. The committee proposed the notion of floating realignment. Under floating realignment, teams will be able to change divisions based on payroll, location, and potential to make the playoffs. For example, a team like the Tampa Bay Rays, who are in the AL East, could move to another division so that they can get out of the shadow created by the Yankees/Red Sox and compete for a playoff spot without having to compete with those two teams every year. Conversely, a rebuilding team, such as the Kansas City Royals, can move to the AL East
