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.

Such a division would feature the second-, third- and fourth-highest payrolls in MLB this season in the Mets, Yankees and Phillies, respectively, per Spotrac , with Boston ranking 12th. 4

Even if one swapped in teams like the Blue Jays and their fifth-highest payroll or the Orioles, who have a new billionaire owner and a strong core of young position players, the division still remains loaded.

The proposed four-team collection is based on the idea that if MLB expands it will add two teams — possibly Charlott

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