Braves Chairman Comes Out Hard Against Potential MLB Realignment for 2020

As we inch closer to having Major League Baseball back in our lives, plan after crazy plan is being floated and suggested to have a season that's safe and fair. One of the prevailing thoughts for a while now is that the league will ditch the American League and National League in favor of a restructured layout with three 10-team divisions. However, it seems Atlanta Braves Chairman Terry McGuirk is pushing back against the proposed realignment.

Despite a USA Today report to the contrary, he's stated that MLB hasn't discussed a plan that looks like that, and he took further exception to the idea that the Braves would be forced to play in the central division.

McGuirk kept it simple: he highlighted how Atlanta is in the east, and as such, he wants them to stay in the east. Traveling to the middle of the country seems to be a concern of his. Critics of McGuirk's statements, however, have pointed out that Atlanta is still farther west than any team in the league's proposed eastern division.

Whatever happens, the proposed restructuring is meant to keep travel at a minimum for what will undoubtedly be a shortened season. It remains to be seen if this safety-focused provision will be enacted, but MLB can be certain it will face some backlash, no matter what the alignment looks like.