The talk I’ve heard is that Houston would move to the AL. I can deal with that. Expansion though is a horrible idea given that so many small market teams are already struggling.
Too many teams....they should just fold the Dodgers and be done with it.
Remember they wanted to dissolve two teams before the 2002 season? The rumored targets were the Montreal Expos and Minnesota Twins at that time. Yep, too many small markets struggle as it is.
Unless they want to go to international expansion, it’s hard to think of too many large American cities which are solid markets for expansion.
Las Vegas is the largest market without pro sports, but the leagues are concerned about legalized gambling on sports there.
Otherwise, you’re down to smaller cities such as Portland, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Columbus, Charlotte, Indianapolis as major league baseball expansion sites. Even if the fans solidly support teams in these cities, you would just be adding that many more small markets to baseball by expanding, which would magnify all of the existing problems.