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The Mariners dropped a three-game series to the Mets, capped by yesterday's 7-3 loss at the MLB Little League Classic. Yes, but: Cal Raleigh hit his 47th homer, one shy of tying Salvador Perez's MLB record for most in a season by a catcher, per FOX 13.

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.

Recently, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred noted that the league could realign geographically. FOX Sports outlined a plan that would group four major teams.

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.