Brewers coaches and front office officials have spent hours in meetings and Zoom sessions over recent days discussing how to get through this particularly burdensome stretch of the schedule without blowing out the pitching on the cusp of a pennant push.

Baseball insiders have whispered about the possibility of regional-based realignment for a few years. MLB commissioner Rob Mandred was asked directly about it on Sunday night during an ESPN broadcast, and didn’t shy away from his next bold rules change.

The top contenders are playing for playoff positioning -- and dealing with injuries. Here's our top 15 MLB teams this week.

Mariners right fielder Victor Robles was ejected from a rehab game with Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday after he threw his bat at the pitcher, who nearly hit him. Las Vegas Aviators pitcher Joey Estes took a fastball up an inside on Robles during the 28-year-old’s second at-bat of the night.

During Sunday's Little League Classic between the Mariners and Mets, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred revealed information about potential changes across MLB.

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Pete Alonso, Brady Singer and Wyatt Langford headline another strong week for Florida Gators in MLB as former stars power their respective teams.

The first caveat Manfred made was that this would require expansion, for example, adding two teams to make a round number at 32. MLB currently has six divisions of five teams each, so expansion would lead to lopsided divisions unless they were rearranged to eight divisions with four teams each.