How about this for realignment?
AL Central gets: Toronto Blue Jays
AL West gets: Kansas City Royals
The West has to deal with 5 teams, and the Royals and Jays both get better chances to contend in their new division. Jays will lose home games against the Yanks and Sox, but the better chance to win should offset it. O's get extra revenue from additional games against the Yanks and Sox, and if their young guys were to pan out it'd be a sick division. Nothing wrong with loading up that division since the Wild Card's gonna come from the East most years anyway.
Then either the Pirates head to the NL East (yes please) or the Astros go to the NL West. This is done to move around the other "unfair" division.
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