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Just now, gehringer_2 said:

I think you should go away

Yes, I've wasted enough of my time here.

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

>Every other team forum I have asked for feedback on has been constructive, at least.

>In all honesty guys, I'm not here to make friends

And we aren't here to do your homework for you. 

So you believe I should collate fan opinions by not asking fans? You think that I should guess your responses instead?

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Silly Troll. It's in the DNA here that *any* commercially interested or ulterior motive posting is frowned upon.  You are either here for the discussion or you are not here.

I asked a straight question. I still haven't got an answer from anybody. I'd engage with any debate after somebody gave me a direct answer to my specific question. That seems to be too much to ask of this particular forum.

Every other team forum I have asked for feedback on has been constructive, at least.

I gave two options:

Tigers, Yankees, Red Sox, Guardians

Tigers, Orioles, Blue Jays, Rays

I simply wanted to know which division set up would be better for the Tigers in the fans' eyes. Do you hate certain teams more? Is travel important more to you? Is there a choice that you feel would see you making the play-offs in future?

If this makes me a troll, if this is the sort of response that you get from Detroit natives when you genuinely ask their opinion, then it's little wonder that the city has the reputation it does.

6 hours ago, casimir said:

I'm giving you feedback, I just don't like scantron tests.

The smaller the pool of teams in a division, the likelier it is that a losing team wins the division and makes the playoffs.  I don't want any part of that, its an embarrassment to competitive team sports that this would be allowed.  It was going to happen in 1994 in the AL West before the strike wiped out that season.  There have been division winners finish the season with low 80s win totals.

If/when they do expand to 32 teams (which shouldn't happen until the stadium issues in Oakland and Tampa get resolved), MLB can go to 4 divisions of 8 teams each.  They can realign geographically and do away with the current AL/NL structure now that all teams both leagues finally play under the same rules.

If MLB wants to do itself any favors, they need to become more inviting to the fan base.  Stop pushing broadcast rights to multiple platforms in such a way that consumers need to acquire several subscriptions to watch their teams, and eliminate the blackout rules that prevent fans from following their favorite teams on MLB.TV.

And they have to quicken pace of play and get rid of Angel Hernandez.

Now, take this feedback, deliver it to Rob Manfred, and then kick him in his crotch and tell him that it's from casimir at MTF (he'll remember me from when he was trying to recognize me once at a Tiger game years ago).  OK, truth be told, I doubt you work in or with MLB, but its fun to think that someone could take the above, print it out, hand deliver it to Manfred, and then kick him in the crotch.

Look, I don't work for the MLB. All I asked was a simple question. Everything that has been written above, I've seen before.

I'm not prepared to comment any further. 

Realignment research for future MLB expansion.

Specifically, that the Rangers and possibly the Astros end up moving into the AL Central in future; which is bad news for you guys and the Guardians.

4 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

You haven't been here long!

In all honesty guys, I'm not here to make friends. I want some input from real Tigers fans on a question I have. Your opinion matters to me on this question but if you don't want to provide a straight answer to it, that's fine too. I'll assume you're ok with anything I do.

13 minutes ago, casimir said:

Neither.  4 team divisions suck.

Alright. Of those two divisions of three opponents, which would be more interesting divisional games?

I'm not asking if anybody agrees with them, I'm not asking if you want 8 team divisions instead. I'm giving you the choice of red or blue; so don't answer "green".... don't answer "square".

I'm asking for a preference, not starting a debate.

The more feedback I get, the more your voice is heard. Right now, I'm hearing "meh" so I'll put the Tigers wherever I feel is most convenient. If you folks have a preference between the two choices, I'd like to hear it. If not, I'll move on and the Guardians fans will probably decide where you end up.

5 minutes ago, Useful Idiot said:

Why not Cubs, Brewers and Wsox?   Might as well F things up good, we're headed that way anyway.

I was hoping for an answer to my question, not alternative questions to my own.

Obviously Tigers fans would probably want to stay in the current division but if they couldn't?

The MLB expands and the Tigers draw the short straw(again). You have a choice, as a Detroit fan, from two four team divisions:

Guardians, Yankees, Red Sox

OR

Orioles, Blue Jays, Rays (significantly weakened)

Which would you pick?