MLB Expansion? (Where They Should Go)

In this video, I discuss the topic of MLB expansion, how it would effect league alignment, and the best cities for expansion.
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[@angle5008]

The real question is how will ihob expand

[@DawsonWright]

International House of Bankruptcy

[@danielmoore8695]

They are going to change back pretty quick, that being said IHOP's burgers are freaking delicious and i support them advertising their burgers 100%

[@tannerbratton2871]

Dawson Wright do you think vancouver could ever host a MLB franchise?

[@CheeseMasterSports]

Angle 500 The name won't last

[@CheeseMasterSports]

Tanner Bratton Most definitely

[@deuce22baseball]

Nashville makes too much sense honestly and Indianapolis is massively underrated

[@evanlane9111]

Deuce Prince I am from Indy and we love the Indians (Triple A team) and the city has a passion for sports

[@acegarcia3719]

Deuce Prince Indianapolis should try to get the White Soxs. They are 27th in attendance, the Cubs are great again and they have an ageing ballpark.

[@hnh5618]

Nashville just built a new AAA stadium and doesn’t really have the room anywhere near downtown for a major league stadium

[@hnh5618]

And also Nashville is square in the middle of braves and cardinals country

[@jjax4601]

Yeah and both the Colts and Pacers make big money

[@cammriggs]

Nashville, have you seen the Predators and their fan base? Also, Portland would create a huge rivalry with Seattle!

[@CumLordGary]

Nashville could be in the NL Central and Portland AL West and then Texas or Houston to the AL Central

[@brendan594]

Cameron R. Yeah the MiLB is doing really well

[@benluecken8533]

Portland. The Mariners need a friend. We’re so lonely up here.

[@DawsonWright]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Arnoldisbored]

we don't need a friend, we need a playoff appearance.

[@benluecken8533]

Slappy Longstrokem true, true

[@westonlong9210]

Agreed

[@acegarcia3719]

WaffleCakes64 That could work, and may be a great divisonal rivalry.

[@angle5008]

I died when you said London😂😂😂

[@1982kinger]

Angle 500 London, Ontario

[@splashnskillz37]

Angle 500 same

[@miker6570]

The NFL has played 2 games per year in London for the past few years now. And now there has been some rumors of a full NFL franchise there. So a MLB franchise there doesn't sound too crazy too me.

[@noahkelleher8997]

Angle 500 same😂

[@noahkelleher8997]

Angle 500 queue the Ali-A music😂

[@slavicharrystyles6914]

I'd kill to see a team in New Orleans

[@InfiniteCS]

I can think of 6 solid options 1. Charlotte (Easily could support a team and I am surprised they don't have one already) 2. Montreal (Had a team and had good attendance before they moved into the other stadium that sucked) 3. Sacramento (Growing city and withing driving distance from Reno which is also growing fast) 4. Portland (Another growing city with minimal sports teams yet a lot of fans) 5. Salt Lake City (Not a huge city but big enough) 6. Oklahoma City (Another decent sized city with only a basketball team) I know Sacramento has a milb team but I think they can still support both.

[@cristianmunoz9950]

Infinite Ouya yeah I agree salt lake bees (triple A affiliate of the angels)fans can be REALLY loud look how loud they are at jazz games,pretty amazing

[@InfiniteCS]

yea and the Jazz have had good sized crowds in basketball despite not having great teams.

[@cristianmunoz9950]

Infinite Ouya yeah pretty diehard

[@acegarcia3719]

Infinite Ouya You may think I'm crazy but I believe the White Soxs need to relocate to Indianapolis or Louisville, Nashville, or Charlotte. They are 27th in attendance, and with the Cubs being great again, there blue collar fans, and an ageing ballpark I don't think there is a place for them anymore and need to move elsewhere where they can draw more of a fanbase. When there lease expires in 2027 they need to relocate.

[@cristianmunoz9950]

Ace Garcia agreed

[@WelziFC7]

I really think one of the most obvious choices needs to be a Nashville. It’s one of if not the fastest growing city in America and with MLS just getting a club approved there that place will be expanding even more.

[@WelziFC7]

And I believe the Nashville Sounds always does really well in the ticket department. Surprisingly Nashvillians love their Sounds so MLB needs to capitalize on this

[@danielmoore8695]

too close to the ATL

[@stephenstarasta4408]

The Nashville tornadoes or twisters !The colors could be purple and gold and every time they hit a homerun a tornado siren could go off

[@peopleperson3032]

Yes our AAA team has a higher attendance average than the marlins do so that is a great idea

[@christfollower7315]

Nashville is not large enough to support four major league franchises.

[@J.J.NEGRON_8]

Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic in the Caribbean the forecast is great for the game.and the most people is a baseball fan👍

[@joshuasuggs7945]

J.J Negron Puerto Rico is the more likely option due to customs

[@kingicicle]

Fan-wise it would make sense, but they are not the wealthiest countries and wouldn’t be the best for making money, which the league wants.

[@danielweiss3810]

They tried PR with the Expos

[@plzfixwolves955]

Maybe a better idea to have a couple of games there instead of give them a MLB Team.

[@splashnskillz37]

Milb there to test out ok

[@ryanwitkop23]

I'd like to see a team in Tennessee

[@Blue_Bronco]

Ryan Witkop yes

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Memphis, not Nashville

[@MegaJustGeorge]

Would you want a team in - wait for it - Knoxville?

[@angle5008]

Make a video on Chris Davis who is on pace to having the worst season in mlb history

[@Tom-wp7gg]

Apparently you never saw Rob Deer play.

[@patrickkimbrell8873]

He's leading in homer's now bro lol

[@michaelm9519]

no that's khris davis , hes talking about the o's

[@1survivor566]

Salt Lake City would be a great spot for an MLB team. I've been saying it for years. That community loves and supports the Jazz whether they have a good or bad season. Fans of the MLS team there, Real Salt Lake, are hardcore. That is a place where an MLB team would succeed. Beautiful location to watch a baseball game too.

[@joedirte6525]

All good points, but Utah Mormons specifically are retarded.

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Agree but early season games could be snowed out. Not sure many fans would sit in a baseball field in 20 degree weather and spitting snow for an early season game. Would build up a Rivalry with either Seattle or Colorado tho.

[@brianbest2292]

@@jimmyjamedwards5967 The league could just schedule more road games at the beginning of the season for them

[@iziahgonzalez1963]

The expos need to come back

[@MegaJustGeorge]

I couldn't agree more, Iziah!

[@henrymanzano9168]

Definitely! Id move Tampa up there,and put them in the NL, then move Miami into the AL

[@tonebeatz24]

Montreal is beautiful. Great fanbase the red light city. Only problem high taxes $$🙄 Montreal is more of a hockey 🏒culture the Habs.

[@willp.8120]

They need a retractable dome stadium that can be opened during the summer months.

[@jasonfire3434]

Honestly I would love to see MLB stick to international expansion with Montreal and Monterrey, Mexico. I'd actually prefer Mexico City but it's farther away from the rest of the teams and the altitude up there would make Coors Field look like the ultimate pitchers' park. I think they should expand to 32 and return to the 2 divisions in each league. NL East: NYM, PHI, WAS, MIA, ATL, CIN, PIT, MTL NL West: LAD, SF, SD, ARI, COL, CHC, STL, MIL AL East: NYY, BOS, BAL, TB, TOR, DET, CLE, MTY AL West: LAA, OAK, SEA, TEX, HOU, MIN, KC, CWS

[@danielmoore8695]

Mexico City in the east and Chicago in the west?

[@jasonfire3434]

Daniel Moore I didn't really have any ET zone team left and figured I'd just put the Mexico team in the same division as Toronto and New York for market matchups sake. Could go either way.

[@345Taco]

I like it.Top two teams in each division make the playoffs?

[@jasonfire3434]

TCAP FAN yep, that would make the most sense I think.

[@345Taco]

I agree. Honestly I'd prefer no divisions and just two leagues but i know that's never happening again.

[@seals248]

My top 10 cities to get an expansion team (Most likely to least likely): 1. Portland 2. Charolette 3. New Orleans 4. Montreal 5. Vancouver 6. Las Vegas 7. Louisville 8. San Juan PR 9. Nashville 10. Jacksonville

[@ojesty]

Seals I was thinking of Louisville too

[@sterlingblom2718]

I’d personally put Louisville higher up but that’s good. But what would be epic is a team in Cooperstown!

[@the3.14napple6]

Jacksonville is a nope, Florida can't handle 2 teams right now, how would they run with 3. Also northern florida is Braves Country. Montreal would work as the Quebecois are some of the rowdiest fans in the world. So maybe Charlotte, Not Tennessee, or Jacksonville, Puerto Rico would be risky to have a team in. New Orleans could work but its one or the other with Charlotte. Louisville is too small to have a franchise. Portland is almost a guarentee to happen, but that scratches Vancouver off the list, you cant have 3 pacific northwestern teams. Las Vegas wouldn't be able to support both a AAA team and an MLB team so that only works if the 51s move.

[@jackkennedy7844]

The 3.14napple Honestly it shouldn’t be an expansion, but a movement. The Marlins should come to Jacksonville, tons of people go to their minor league team the Jumbo Shrimp and many really want a real MLB team. The Marlins also have 0 support in Miami so there would be nothing to lose.

[@calebcraven7409]

Jack Kennedy The Marlins and Jumbo Shrimp can switch cities let Miami deal with that stupid name

[@davidwilliams3119]

I want a team in Nashville so bad

[@danielmoore8695]

too close to the ATL

[@peopleperson3032]

The closest mlb to Nashville teams are stl atl which are 3+ hours away

[@andrewg9374]

I’d love to see a MLB Team in Vancouver Montreal Las Vegas Portland Nashville Utah New Orleans Charlotte Louisville Or hell, maybe even Buffalo

[@mikeinhubcity7433]

@ Andrew G The Reds would likely try to block a team in Louisville, as that is within 100 miles of GABP(just like Peter Angelos tried to block the Expos move to DC).

[@Vossenator]

I'd say a baseball team for Buffalo is unnecessary due to the proximity to the Toronto Blue Jays. I know someone who lives in Buffalo and for the most part Toronto is their baseball team.

[@georgeedward1226]

Montreal had a team, the Expos.

[@nicholasbegan7671]

1. Omaha: Omaha already has a stadium (TD Ameritrade Park Seats 25,000, can be expanded to 40,000). 2. Portland: They have a ballpark plan, and Russell Wilson backed it.

[@alexblocker3395]

Nobody lives in Nebraska though

[@nathangoucher9184]

Alex Blocker 😐 Omaha has a metro population of around 1 million...

[@dogthedog16]

I'd go Portland and Mexico City.

[@gondusumfin2305]

DogTheDog Mexico City would instantly have one of the largest fan bases in baseball.

[@Tamingmyimpala361]

I would also support a team in Mexico, but the capital city is too far south. I would pick Monterrey which is right near Texas

[@dogthedog16]

Chris Bennett That's what I was thinking if they did make a team too. Baja California could also work as well.

[@linkin20la]

And there would be a near empty stadium. Mexico City fans are notorious for not supporting their teams. There is way too much competition there for the fans and the people there aren't that big baseball fanatics as they are in the north of Mexico. The ideal city is Monterrey where the fans are super loyal and you see sold out stadiums every week. Wages are also higher in Monterrey so they do have money to spend on tickets. Plus the city has a strong baseball tradition.

[@savagedick3848]

Mexico City is a huge soccer town. Baseball isn’t too big as in the Northern region

[@stephenjohnson9632]

Omaha, NE would be a good place since it has baseball chops with the College World Series. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Charlotte would be good for the reasons mentioned.

[@joshuasuggs7945]

Stephen Johnson trade the DR for Puerto Rico

[@GoalHornGeek]

JCS02 last time Charlotte built a baseball stadium, the team got sued 6 times

[@henrymanzano9168]

Santo Domingo.... guaranteed fans 👍🇩🇴

[@johnsalazar4720]

Memphis seems like a good consideration. It is inexpensive place to live, good night life, culture, people there like sports, and it has a good size metropolitan area and population. I know there is a AAA team there but I just seem to like the idea.

[@seanpatmac27]

Indianapolis & Oklahoma City would be 2 other great cities to consider for MLB expaansion

[@christfollower7315]

OKC is not big enough, in my opinion. Indy may be too small, too, and it's in close proximity to Chicago and Cincinnati.

[@JustinR17]

Christ Follower lol Indianapolis is the 16th largest city in the country, much bigger than plenty of the cities that have mlb teams

[@christfollower7315]

City limits don't amount to anything. It is urbanized area or metropolitan area, which includes SUBURBS. Indianapolis would be the smallest market, with the exception of Milwaukee.

[@runodierun91]

Indianapolis would be the greatest pick, we have a huge baseball culture in Indiana! The Ft. Wayne Tincaps (Low-A), Indianapolis Indians (AAA) and the South Bend Cubs (High A) have huge followings with their stadiums filling up regularly. Hell even the Non-MiLB team, the Kokomo Jackrabbits, Wabash Aces and Such have nice stadiums with big followings. We have so many Baseball fans here with Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, all within reach the state is split and Rivalries Occur. I have discussed to plenty of other Hoosiers about the Possibility of and Indiana Team and they almost always love the idea. With the Countries 16th Largest City (This includes Suburbs and Metro areas) there is a large population within City Limits to attend games, plus you add in all the people willing to travel to see baseball in Indiana already going to all the cities named before, i'm sure they would love to travel less for a ball club. I truly think Indianapolis could harbor a Profitable Baseball team with a huge fan-base and is hopefully on the short list for MLB. It is the only one of the 3 Big Sports in which we don't have a team. Its time to end that.

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

OKC has more population than Pittsburgh, KC, Atlanta and several other cities that already have MLB teams and even NFL teams.

[@TurdFreguson]

A’s should move to Portland and the two expansion teams should be Montreal and Charlotte

[@grantstrother]

LongSnappersLivesMatter lol that is not why they don’t have an milb team

[@IGGANGSTA]

Major Victory76 nah keep the a's in the bay but give portland a expansion team just move the dbacks to the al west

[@gabe3770]

The A’s org would never leave the fans of Oakland tbh

[@richardlittle1663]

Portland should have their own baseball team via expansion Portland Beavers they would be in the National League West Division of Major League Baseball while Montreal would be in the National League East Division of Major League Baseball and Charlotte would be in the American League East Division of Major League Baseball, MLB should also think of Calgary, Alberta for an new Major League Baseball expansion franchaise team with the nickname of the Calgary Cannons that would play in the American League West Division of Major League Baseball.

[@Brian-js6me]

Gabe De La O sure they would if they had to. Pro sports is a business

[@prestonhawk3331]

I know it probably won’t happen, but I would love to have a team in Oklahoma. I hate having to go up to Kansas or down to Texas to see a game

[@alexsneh19]

Also, what about Nashville? They have the Predators and Titans, so that might be another good city.

[@danielmoore8695]

too close to the ATL

[@stephenstarasta4408]

The Nashville tornadoes or twisters

[@machonacho2767]

And the new MLS team in Nashville

[@austinbarrett4226]

Daniel Moore i live an hour from Nashville and Atlanta is the closest stadium and it’s 4 hours away

[@jeremysilber7484]

Daniel Moore they’re actually not that close. SunTrust Park is about 4 hours away from Nashville. I could see Nashville. But with Nashville, I’d go with the Tennessee name to represent Tennessee.

[@alexsneh19]

The Oakland Raiders are moving to Vegas within the next 2 years, so Vegas is suddenly becoming a big sports market, meaning that the MLB should also consider using a team there.

[@stephenstarasta4408]

The Las Vegas coyotes! Or the Las Vegas Rd. runners!

[@stephenstarasta4408]

Spiders maybe

[@lasvegasguestlist]

Judas danger Las Vegas sun devils

[@Bucboy1001]

That's not how it works. There's no TV market in Vegas either which is a big moneymaker. They rank 40th out of 53 cities with sports franchises. There are too many other profitable locations.

[@edwardchwalek6694]

For one NFL has 10 home games a year with exhibition games MLB has 81 big difference

[@enriquemedina4805]

Nice vid Dawson. Another team in Montreal would be pretty cool. We could see if they could finally win a world series they had a good chance at winning in 94

[@itachi9374]

great video brother!

[@henrysilverman8259]

Salt Lake City and Nashville

[@bjnt92281]

It will be between 2 of the following cites. Vegas Portland Montreal Nashville North Carolina(Charlotte or Raleigh Durham) San Antonio

[@johnathanwright2126]

Finally someone mentions Raleigh-Durham

[@mayhemgaming5168]

Why is New Orleans not on here?

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Baseball would not last in Vegas.

[@ghgmusic5970]

There’s actually land owned by the airport that could be purchased for a MLB team.

[@AlphaDog0303]

Buslover126 McCarran airport?

[@ImmobileLizard]

Duck you man, the collesuem is great. I really dig the vibes from there. I could just be nostalgic though

[@HPayne62]

Let's make it a 40-team league. Keep the Wild Card and whatever. NL- Mexico City Diablos Montreal Expos San Antonio Alamos Indianapolis 500s New Orleans Spices AL- Vancouver Voyagers Portland Pioneers Las Vegas Jackpots Charlotte Racers Tennessee Tornados

[@alexbingham8222]

Mexico City would get a lot of fans so would New Orleans or Charlotte

[@willtellez8535]

Maybe San Jose and Charlotte? Maybe New Orleans?? You made some solid points about travel etc

[@ojesty]

Will Tellez San Jose California??

[@WiggleBabies]

San Jose won't happen due to territorial rights with the Giants and A's. A's use to own the south bay territory, but the Giants have had it since the 90s. You will see Sacramento before SJ unless MLB gets involved to remove the territorial rights from the Giants.

[@bheagle65]

I have to say Las Vegas would be Perfect, Reasons: 1) Pro Hocky Team Already 2) Pro Football Team on the way (Raiders) 3) The 51's could move Closer to NY (as they are a mets team)

[@InfiniteCS]

The problem with Vegas is that the 51's have the lowest attendance in AAA baseball. it would definitely be a pretty big risk considering baseball doesn't seem to be super popular there.

[@acegarcia3719]

bheagle65 The Mets are dropping the 51s affiliation next year for a team in Syuruace.

[@nasifulhuda31]

Ace Garcia *Syracuse

[@MikeyReadman]

Baseball is popular in Las Vegas but the 51s stadium doesn't have a retractable roof and it's 105 in the shade.

[@reidbarry5459]

The 51's are trying to move due to attendance at games and how far away they are from Citi Field. I think Las Vegas could be a good place.

[@Ashton.hawkins]

i would love to see a team in the Carolinas. charlotte would be the best bet. Greenville is maybe and possible but there is a A ball team there. charleston is also a maybe but i doubt greenville or charleston would ever get one due to there already being teams and attendance at the games.

[@stephenstarasta4408]

Ashton Hawkins The Charlotte hoggers

[@castlemain1061]

How about team in Raleigh or in Asheville

[@christfollower7315]

Greenville is too close to Atlanta. It's only 2.5 hours away, and it's only like 40 miles from the Georgia state line.

[@lottidhundabolt4259]

Charlotte is the only place in the Carolinas that can support a major league team, but I wouldn't be opposed if they went the Panthers route and called it the Carolina whatevers instead of the Hornets route.

[@jerrydavis3548]

Charlotte would be the only city in the carolinas that can support mlb team charlotte got population to do in almost 3million people in metro charlotte now by the year 2025 charlotte will have a metropolitan population between 3.5 million to 4million people

[@JoeyB-2001]

Las Vegas won't get one very soon. It is possible down the road, but definitely not in the near future. I say Portland, Carolina/Tennessee get a team.

[@helixgaming-gamingvlogskin6630]

I would consider Buffalo and Montreal but I also like the two Canadien market Montreal and Quebec

[@kingicicle]

Helix Gaming - Gaming/Vlogs king Buffalo is pretty close to Toronto and many people who live in Buffalo are big Blue Jays fans.

[@brooks_11_]

BF Network they have the bisons ( blue jays aaa affiliate)

[@JayTemple]

I imagine there are a lot of people in the state of New York who would love to root for a team in their state that's nowhere near the city of New York.

[@toddhill6478]

I think Buffalo is a very intriguing idea. They support the Sabres and the Bills passionately and all of Western New York and Northern New York would have their own team to root for and they would probably have a little fan base in Canada in the town's by the border. They could build a 35,000 seat retractable room stadium. After I saw this as someones pick and thinking about it I think baseball in Buffalo would be awesome!

[@chinohillsrecords5381]

1. Virginia Beach/ Norfolk Area/Hampton Roads would be a great location very high population full of sports fans and beautiful weather

[@Blue_Bronco]

What about Nashville. Reasons... 1. They already have a lot of tourists 2. They can build close to river for a nice ballpark feel 3. They have a good population for there to be a successful ball team there.

[@splashnskillz37]

Top 4 1. Las Vegas (promote the 51's) 2. Charlotte (promote milb team) 3. Montreal (bring back the expos) 4. New Orleans

[@jasonrandom372]

Charolate and Indianapolis both deserve MLB Teams.

[@jhunterfes]

Jason Random Indianapolis is too close to Cincinnati and the Chicago teams. If a MLB team was there it would be a empty stadium.

[@kylethomas2993]

@@jhunterfes Nah I'm not even a huge baseball guy and that would probably make me a big fan, and I would go to a ton of games

[@jhunterfes]

@KyleThomas there already four teams in close proximity to Indianapolis and if a mlb team came here it would have hardly have any support. Where good just to have a minor league team.

[@reidbarry5459]

Just going to be honest Dawson.. you always get to the point. One of my favorite youtubers because you always take about good subjects and do good research. You deserve more subs. I've been wondering for awhile what your favorite MLB team is and if you could reply and tell me that'd be cool.

[@27sports90]

Great video

[@mitchelmodine9197]

Nashville. The Mid-South has roughly the same population as California, but with one MLB team (Atlanta) as opposed to five in California.

[@WishGR4NTed]

yea or new orleans

[@danielmoore8695]

yeah except the south doesn't support a damn thing except college football

[@WishGR4NTed]

true its sad college football is stupid rigged because of players getting paid not even fun to watch

[@christfollower7315]

Atlanta is never referred to as "Mid South". That's for west and middle Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and parts of Arkansas.

[@WishGR4NTed]

Christ Follower bro mid South is like Kentucky or something. Mississippi Deep South

[@spikesanders3162]

Charlotte is definitely the number one choice. But I'm surprised you didn't mention Austin. It's one of the fastest growing metro areas in the US now and no major sports league is playing there yet.

[@gavinproduction7433]

Austin FC is now there new MLS Team.

[@BroadswordMedia]

I live in Northern California and I'm happy to have a lot of sports teams in my area. It's too bad it's so monstrously expensive to live here. I will say this though, I think Vancouver Canada could be a great place to start a new MLB team.

[@WiggleBabies]

A's are actually in talks with two sites. The first is the current coliseum site which they are in talks with the city of Oakland to buy land and develop a new ballpark (heck they could technically refurbished the current Coliseum if they want). They are also in talks to develop a ballpark at Howard Terminal by negotiating with the Port Authority. Either site would do really, so stay tuned with the Oakland A's later this year.

[@damonwatt4420]

Portland, Montreal, Las Vegas, New Orleans

[@lalo5059]

I think it’s harder for expansion in the mlb because they also need to find places for their minor league team I wouldn’t mind a team in Nashville and Louisville. I think the best thing to do is have ten new teams so it isn’t unbalanced

[@nickvowels8239]

I think a city with an already established MiLB team could host an MLB team as well. If you look at the Twin Cities, They have the Twins obviously as well as a very popular independent league team (St. Paul Saints). Both got new ball parks within the past 10 years and are both very popular in the area

[@davidtosh7200]

How about Calgary Alberta in Canada? By 2020, the population of Calgary will exceed more than 1,000,000, making the third largest city in Canada, behind Toronto and Montreal. I think Calgary should deserve a MLB franchise so it will bring the MLB closer to Montana, since Alberta only border Montana on the United States border. Recently Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers are doing good in the NHL. NOTE: Montana is about 147,358 square miles of land with a population about 1,029,000 people and the density is 7 people per square mile. So let's bring MLB closer to Montana.

[@aaronbehnfeldt5455]

They should add one in Indianapolis, IN. And in Las Vegas.

[@xrisingwolfx8466]

Aaron Behnfeldt indy is to close to Detroit Chicago and Cincinnati

[@aaronbehnfeldt5455]

WolfKids28 I live in northern Indiana, so I want a team in Indiana

[@InglewoodNeighborhoodPiru]

@@xrisingwolfx8466 that territory thing is so dumb if a city can support a team then they should be able to get it with no problems.

[@reidbarry5459]

nice outro

[@dylangonzo1383]

Ayy bro I love ur channel I also am a huge baseball nerd. And I think I’ve seen u around Clovis west

[@DawsonWright]

You probably have

[@toddhill6478]

I enjoyed the video and it makes for great discussion. My 2 cities for expansion are first Montreal, as long as they get a new Stadium I think they will get great fan support. Second my other city is kinda a wild card but it could work and that's Oklahoma City. That town loves it's sports and I think would have a great fan base. When New Orleans played there for the season that Katrina hit, Oklahoma City supported that team passionately like it was their own and then when Seattle relocated there they have one of the best and most passionate fan bases in the NBA. Again this is just my opinion but it's a lot of fun to discuss and debate this.

[@chasebingaman]

I definitely agree with Charlotte and Portland

[@justincrawford459]

New Orleans, North Carolina

[@mikesuzio2566]

yeah they need to expand to new Orleans...i have to go to Houston or tampa bay to see a game now

[@ghgmusic5970]

Alex Mercer Charlotte no. It’s not fair if they get a 4th pro team and Raleigh only with 1.

[@johnjackie91]

Charlotte, NC and Montreal, QC (hopefully)

[@ItzHazy]

Montreal, Charlotte, Burlington, Monterey, somewhere in the Dominican Republic. And Hawaii

[@justinw8370]

New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Buffalo, Des Moines, possibly?

[@danephilip1971]

Finally someone said an Iowa town 😂

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Can you Imagine a World Series game in Buffalo? Better be in a domed stadium . Half a foot of snow on an outdoor stadium would not work. I agree with New Orleans they could play in Superdome.

[@alia7750]

Vegas or Portland.

[@MochaDaisy8645]

Hey Dawson! Great video and I agree, MLB should expand to 32 teams. I think Vancouver, BC should have a team. I think this would be the exception as far as a second Canadian market and it would be highly successful. Can I ask what background music you’re using? Pretty smooth 😎

[@Classicrocker6119]

I like your idea of adding one new team to each league and splitting into four divisions. I'm in Canada so I am a little biased when I'd say I'd love to see a team back in Montreal but they have no stadium. There was talk in the 1980's about possible expansion to Vancouver as they do have BC Place but since then there have renovations there and I'm not sure if it is feasible to play MLB there. Personally I like Portland as a new franchise due to its proximity to Seattle. It is well known that Commissioner Rob Manfred has stated there will be no discussion of future expansion until the stadium issues in Tampa and Oakland are resolved. It appears we'll have to wait out a few more years to see how everything plays out. It's really cold here right now in Calgary Alberta so I really love anything about baseball especially with spring training due to start soon. Thanks for posting!

[@WishGR4NTed]

hey man i like your videos just so you know

[@DawsonWright]

Thanks

[@dawsonhastings7567]

New Orleans, buffalo, and Brooklyn

[@bkelly]

Fire vid , I feel your pain of getting a video get a copy right claim from the mlb they took down my bartolo video

[@littleBoyKim]

Awesome video city new Orleans

[@99tjpro]

also a new orleans team would be pretty cool

[@DawsonWright]

What about the New Orleans Baby Cakes? 🤣

[@catherinebrown445]

Tennessee and Portland

[@ChipCheezey]

I don't think the prescence of an MiLB team is really that much of a roadblock. As you said, Charlotte is a good contender and already has one. If I were to create two expansion teams I would put in some combination of Montreal or Charlotte in the east and either Vegas or Portland in the west. I would be down for a team in my hometown of Vegas but it does seem like Portland is the likely frontrunner and I wouldn't be mad either way.

[@Adam-vx5ru]

Here in my home town we have no MLB team but there is supposed to be a royals white six game here next regular season. This hopefully leads to a new MLB team

[@gondusumfin2305]

I know it would probably never happen but I'd love to see MLB expand to include Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba even a Japanese team or two would be awesome. Then the World Series would actually be THE World Series.

[@jcmerritt7717]

teams wouldnt be able to visit cuba

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

I would like this. Instead of creating an mlb team in japan though, their current teams play under their normal schedule and their champion plays ours. If there are other leagues they can join too, European league, Central American league, Australian? South American? None of these leagues would face eachother until the postseason, unless they really wanted to fly 12 hours or whatever

[@gondusumfin2305]

Nabre Labre Good idea, would definitely suck traveling back and forth the entire regular season

[@xavierharrison9111]

Charlotte and Portland make the most since I definitely agree

[@pbulgado23]

What you think about Puerto Rico getting it's own team? There was talks about the Expos going there until they went to DC and became the Nationals. It will be a resonable time to flight from almost everywhere in the CONUS. Just my .02

[@davidtosh7200]

Only two teams will be added to Major League Baseball, and they are: Montreal and Portland (Oregon). Other cities are also seeking MLB franchises including relocation are: San Antonio-Austin area (in the National League since we have Houston Astros and Texas Rangers are in the American League West), Charlotte, Las Vegas, and Louisville sometimes in the 2020s.

[@dom.rockchalkjayhawk.8990]

Honululu because it would.be insanely popular and more reasonable then london also new orleans because it would have great fans

[@jon_gotteiner7169]

Montreal is obviously the best choice

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Really, Most Expos games i watched were played in an empty stadium.

[@Alejandro-xc4nm]

Another place which would be interesting would be in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The people down there follow baseball passionately, and would surely do the same if they had a team down there. The Puerto Rico Series was sold out very fast in 2018, and when the Expos played a couple of games there, they had better attendance than in Montreal

[@jessesmithson4786]

Okc triple a stadium in bricktown was designed with a pro team moving in. The stadium only needs slight modifications to fit MLB quotas. It's a beautiful park. Same designer as the ballpark I'm Arlington. Plus okc great fan base

[@bradypolk7416]

Nashville Tennessee

[@oweneven6051]

Nashville

[@nickpandoff4772]

i’d do anything to see a team in indianapolis . baseball is actually pretty big in indiana

[@Turn0vers]

Portland, Oregon. Russell Wilson and Ciara partnered with a baseball group to vouch and bring a team to Portland (group also contains legendary former Trail Blazer announcer) . So they definitely have the funds and now that they have real boosters they probably bring a stadium to Portland. There are about 3 options that are known.

[@westonlong9210]

Eli Manning's Turnovers Totally agree. Don't forget about Nike execs paying big $$$

[@Turn0vers]

@@westonlong9210 True, there's no way Nike is not funding this.

[@AlexDiaz-xs1mr]

Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, Portland, Memphis, and New Orleans

[@xrisingwolfx8466]

Alex Diaz indy is to close to cincinatti and chicago

[@Chitown18]

E2 doesn’t really mean anything the colts have a massive following and we’re close to Cleveland , Chicago , and Cincinnati and relatively close to Nashville

[@CadeAndrews]

Nashville or Indianapolis maybe

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Nashville too close to ATL fan base. Indy has Chicago, St. Louis close by.

[@downsouth1678]

Thanks for the vid man , but I'm not too sure why you didn't have Montreal top too as apparently Manfred wants them back and they already met many times in person with investor and the mayor , he even said in a interview ideally he'd have another team in Canada which means the expos and maybe one in Mexico or another us city which would be protland most than likely

[@DawsonWright]

I just don’t know if it would get approved by the owners, but hey I’m so down for the Expos to come back

[@Kimchii_kk]

This is just what baseball youtubers need

[@ballgamers4346]

Brooklyn, Dodgers fans were crushed when the Dodgers left Ebbets field and Brooklyn for LA. In Brooklyn, there are plenty of baseball fans. Brooklyn is a great fit for an expansion team

[@WishGR4NTed]

bro Brooklyn is 30 minutes from yankee stadium and 20 from citi field. The Dodgers left brooklyn because there was no market. The Brookly Nets is a prime example. No one likes them. Everyone cares about the Knicks even though they always suck.

[@richiemartinez8078]

BallGamers I agree primarily off the fact that by at least 2020 there will be more people in Brooklyn than in Chicago and Chicago has two teams,the Dodgers were also in the top 3 in attendance from 1945-1957 usually finishing behind the Yankees or Braves and the Milwaukee Braves were one of the strongest box office draws during the 50's. The reason for the Dodgers ditching Brooklyn is deeper than attendance or even stadium issues. Look at how Dodgers owner Walter O Malley was a stockholder in the LIRR and wanted to construct a stadium on top of a LIRR station to increase passenger service on the LIRR while the power broker in NYC Robert Moses was anti LIRR and railroads,so the Dodgers leaving was more on the fact that O'Malley chose a dumb spot for a stadium in the 50's. As for the Mets and Yankees, a 3rd team would keep both franchises on their heels and force one team in particular that plays in Flushing to at least attempt to be competitive and I'd expect mlb to want a competitive NL team in New York,the money to be made from 3 baseball teams in the New York metropolitan area is astounding and would have better returns than the Nets just due to the fact that the Nets have become an utter failure. If you do remember the Nets were very popular between 2012-2014 in Brooklyn and around Brooklyn.

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

If they ever bring a third team to NY they should ressurect the polo grounds

[@BomptonMadeMeDoIt]

@@fryncyaryorvjink2140 they can't because there's high rise apartments in that area

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

@@BomptonMadeMeDoIt when they tear those down then its go time on the polo grounds

[@Action__General]

Portland called it GREEN SOX

[@xrisingwolfx8466]

Not a weed joke

[@jisammoon]

What about Vancouver in Canada, west side of Canada might be a good option. There are many Asian like Korean and Japanese in Vancouver and they love baseball. It helps Mariners to reduce the distance of road trip as well.

[@henrymanzano9168]

Nashville in the AL and Carolina (Charlotte) in the NL

[@chitogaming7021]

Charlotte and Mexico

[@765aaron6]

Ima Hoosier so I'll say Indianapolis. Also Raleigh NC would be a cool location

[@xrisingwolfx8466]

FAXX SunnyD as a fellow Hoosier I have to disagree to close to Chicago and Cincy

[@WiggleBabies]

Raleigh could be a good location imo

[@natestrong2766]

San Jose, and Puerto Rico

[@castlemain1061]

Asheville NC and Omaha NE, Asheville is biggest city in mountain region in NC so it boosted tourism to the smoky mountains, the Mid-northwestern states of US are have no major teams, so to place a major team in one largest city in Mid-northwestern states of the Us this open a market for all sports leagues

[@ckywizard]

Vancouver and Puerto Rico

[@aaronrodriguez1410]

Don't worry. There will be a real "World Series" soon

[@keithleblanc9454]

And have the team in baton rouge , i know lsu baseball is big there but u can also try Lafayette

[@veselyzachary946]

Nashville sounds good to Vanderbilt next to it has a good nightlife could be next to the titans stadium would be very nice