Why doesn't MLB move Astros to AL West ?

Question

I can't fathom why the knuckleheads at MLB allow the NL Central to have 6 teams and AL West to only have 4. It's gotta be an advantage to only have 4 teams in your division. Put the Astros in the AL West and you then have 2 Texas teams in same division. Better for travel and better for building a rivalry.

Answer 1

They could have 15 teams in each leauge and have an inter-leauge game every day, its just that they would have to get rid of the stupid DH in the American Leauge. With the same rules for all 30 teams, inter-leauge games all season long wouldn't be a problem. I for one would move the Astros to the AL West and in addition, I would swap the Diamondbacks and the Mariners. The AL west would be more geographicly compact with Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Oakland.