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Possible Expansion Destinations for Major League Baseball

Jun 9, 2021

Is Major League Baseball finally ready to expand to 32 teams? These are the fast-growing cities that seem to be ready for their call-up to the bigs. There’s an interesting fact about the 1954 St. Louis Cardi...

My Mock Expansion Draft

Joe Orsatti

Mar 19, 2018

Features, Opinions & Predictions

As promised, throughout the week, I went through and picked myself an expansion organization using the protection list that I made. One important thing to note is that, during expansion drafts, while teams aren...

If MLB Expanded Tomorrow

Joe Orsatti

Mar 12, 2018

Features, Opinions & Predictions

Over the past year or so, there has been a considerable amount of talk regarding possible expansion in Major League Baseball to cities including Las Vegas, Mexico City, Montreal, and Portland, Oregon. While we ...

MLB Expansion on the Table Again?

Akiem Bailum

Apr 25, 2016

Headlines, Major League Baseball

It appears that for the first time since the 1990s that Major League Baseball has the “e-word” on its mind. No, no…not errors. Not extra bases. A more impactful “e” word. Expansion. And quite possibly, Ex...

This Day in Baseball: Enter Tampa Bay and Arizona

Joshua Sadlock

Mar 9, 2015

Baseball History, Features

On this day in 1995, Major League Baseball owners voted 28-0 to admit two new teams, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays name initially drew some criticism due to its un...

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Possible Expansion Destinations for Major League Baseball

My Mock Expansion Draft

If MLB Expanded Tomorrow

MLB Expansion on the Table Again?

This Day in Baseball: Enter Tampa Bay and Arizona