MLB wants to expand to 32 teams at some point, and Commissioner Rob Manfred hasn’t been trying to hide it.
With the Oakland Athletics reportedly relocating to Las Vegas within the next four seasons, the league needs to examine the attendance numbers and other situations regarding the Tampa Bay Rays and the Miami Marlins.
This hasn’t stopped bids for an expansion franchise to appear, though.
Recently, a group called Big League Utah announced their intentions to bring Major League Baseball to Salt Lake City, for example.
Another group is now doing the same, but in Orlando.
“A group led by former NBA executive Pat Williams, is proposing to bring an MLB team and a $1.7 billion ballpark to Orlando, per @WESH,” FOX Sports MLB tweeted.
A group led by former NBA executive Pat Williams, is proposing to bring an MLB team and a $1.7 billion ballpark to Orlando, per @WESH pic.twitter.com/sLKnDWvvq5
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) May 4, 2023
The situations aren’t entirely the same, but it at least raises people curiosity how the state of Florida, with so many issues to bring people to their stadiums, could host a third MLB team.
We will all have to wait until there are more details about the project and the pitch other than the potential cost of the ballpark to make a judgment, though.
If the park is located near downtown and has easy access for most of the people, the idea might be viable.
It depends on so many things, though.
The fact remains that within the next decade, MLB will probably have 32 teams.
That has been the league’s desire for a while now, and several cities are starting to make their pitches.
Nashville, Charlotte, Salt Like City, Orlando, and others are among the possibilities.
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