Major League Baseball (MLB) could experience a new expansion after more than 20 years, since a group of millionaires led by former Major League pitcher Dave Stewart has prepared an offer to create a new team in the coming years, according to ESPN.
From According to ESPN, if this future application is approved, the Major League team number 31 would be the “Nashville Stars”, and It would also be the first expansion that the MLB would experience in the current century since the latest additions were the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Rays in 1998.
To get approval to create a new organization, Stewart and the rest of the people would put an offer on the table of $2 billion dollars, which would also make it the first majority minority ownership in MLB history.
When could expansion come to MLB?
In addition to a series of red tape that must be completed before approving this proposal, the MLB commissioner, Rob Manfred, will have to resolve the problems with the stadiums of the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays, according to Dave Stewart himself.
The estimated time for the “Nashville Stars ” can join the ‘Big Show’, it would be between 4 and 5 years according to the former pitcher who also left sa Please note that this project is four years in the making.
“Nashville is a fast growing city. It has a beautiful population of people. There’s a lot going on here. So, MLB placed Nashville as one of its main places for expansion,” said the three-time World Series champion,
Likewise, the former baseball player sent a strong message by stating that “the time has come for there is ownership of blacks in the Major Leagues ”, he sentenced.
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