What's the ideal number of teams in a league?

[BBGiovanni]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

I'd prefer a 36 team league TBH. 6 divisions, 6 teams per division. I don't like the smaller NFL style divisions, especially with the long baseball season.

So maybe they expand to...

Montreal
Riverside, CA (or Las Vegas if the A's move to Riverside) (honestly unsure that Vegas can support a baseball team though)
Austin
Brooklyn (yes, a third team in NYC)
Charlotte
Orlando or San Antonio

I feel like we're not particularly close to another round of expansion though, not with the league hemorrhaging fans the way they are.

I really figured they would have gone to the well by now after the 2020 washout. Maybe they want to do some stadium extortion beforehand but that doesn't seem to be going all that well. I'm with you on Brooklyn (or NJ) but that won't ever happen. Or Austin or Riverside but those markets aren't as humongous.

[pauwoo]

Originally Posted by DreamTeams

12 teams has proven the sweet spot for me. I've found that in just a couple of season I get to know the whole league and form an attachment real quick. Not everyone's cup of tea, of course, but I love it.

I have a lot of fun with 12-team setups. I like structuring it in the *** style but basing it in another country… been playing an offline save set up this way based out of St Lucia with MLB in the same save. It’s cool when guys from my league get posted to watch them progress through their MLB career before, usually, coming back home for their last season or two.

[Lordofbrewtown]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

I'd prefer a 36 team league TBH. 6 divisions, 6 teams per division. I don't like the smaller NFL style divisions, especially with the long baseball season.

I agree that 4 team divisions are problematic (unless you have league with 16 teams or less). Too easy for division winners to be at/under 500 unless you have a severely unbalanced schedule.

[Bluenoser]

Been using 36 since OOTP 18 in my fictional.

MLB expanded to 36 teams, all fictional players.

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

I really figured they would have gone to the well by now after the 2020 washout. Maybe they want to do some stadium extortion beforehand but that doesn't seem to be going all that well. I'm with you on Brooklyn (or NJ) but that won't ever happen. Or Austin or Riverside but those markets aren't as humongous.

Riverside is low-key huge, actually.

https://www.metrojacksonville.com/ar...-areas-in-2020

10th largest metro area in the US, ahead of Phoenix, Boston, and Seattle.