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Pregame analysis and predictions of the New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals MLB game to be played on August 20, 2025 on ESPN.

Josh Naylor of the Mariners looks on at the MLB Little League Classic against the New York Mets at Bowman Field on Sunday. Photo: Joe Sargent/

Call it the Ea$t division. Following Rob Manfred’s recent comments about MLB expansion that would lean into Eastern and Western conferences, one often-circulated proposed four-team division would be a heavyweight quartet featuring the Yankees, Mets, Phillies and Red Sox.

From a broadcast booth in Williamsport, Pa., MLB commissioner Rob Manfred stoked the flames of expansion talk Sunday night by saying adding two teams would give the league “an opportunity to geographically realign.