MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told a national TV audience that expansion likely would be tied to reshuffling leagues and divisions to ease travel.

Major League Baseball is in the middle of its longest expansion drought since the league first expanded in 1961. MLB has not added any new teams since the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays joined the league in 1998,

Rob Manfred hinted that geographical realignment for Major League Baseball’s divisions could be on the horizon. The MLB commissioner appeared on ESPN’s broadcast of Sunday night’s Little League Classic between the Mets and Mariners when the topic of expansion and realigned divisions came up.