The National League finalized its three-division realignment Wednesday by moving the Pittsburgh Pirates into the Central Division and the Atlanta Braves into the East.
The new alignment, which takes effect next season, will have the following makeup:- NL East: Atlanta, Florida, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia.
-NL Central: Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis.
- NL West: Colorado, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco.
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"The fact that Pittsburgh has agreed to go to the Central makes a lot of sense," Marlins owner H. Wayne Huizenga said. "They were the farthest to the West and the closest to those (Midwest) teams."