Should California has the sixth team?

Question

California has own fifth teams in San Fransisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Oakland A's.

Do you think that MLB should expansion one more team in California?

Answer 1

I think 5 is enough. Where would they be able to put a 6th team? Only LA and the Bay Area are large enough markets to have two teams, San Diego has one of the lowest payrolls because they don't bring in the big market revenue that those other teams have. I agree with the others before and say that MLB doesn't need anymore expansion, only relocation if that is necessary.

Answer 2

No. First, for MLB to expand, they will need to expand by two teams to keep the amount of teams even. Otherwise there would have to be an interleague game every day That's why the Brewers moved to the NL when the D-Backs and Devil Rays came into the majors, to have 16 teams in the National League and 14 in the American League. It would have been 15 and 15.

Secondly, there is not really a major city other than Sacramento that could support a MLB team. And the A's are moving to Fremont in a few years, so they will be drawing from the Sacramento area more than they already do.

As others have said, the Carolinas, Las Vegas, and I would add Portland, OR would be the most likely candidates if MLB ever expanded again. But the Florida Marlins have been rumored to move to Portland if they can't get a stadium deal worked out.

Answer 3

A third team in the NY Metro would be better supported than anywhere in California. What MLB should do is relax the Giant's territorial claim and allow the A's to move to San Jose, the state's 3rd largest city with 20% more pop than SF. (The A's will be moving as far south as possible in order to pick up the SJ pop that the Giant's left behind in 2000.)

A third team in NY would bring supporting population down to 7 Million per team from the current 11 Million. Compare that to the current 8 Million per team in the LA Metro, 3.5 Million per team in the SF Bay Area, 2.9 Million in San Diego or 3 Million in Minneapolis.

Answer 4

MLB should not expand, but if a team from a bad market needs to move then yes. I understand that the Oakland As minor league team in Sacramento draws more fans than the As. So maybe Sacramento would be a good place.

Las Vegas could support a team now too. One of those old teams from burnt out Eastern cities like Pittsburg or Detroit.

Answer 5

I am not aware of any other city in California in the running for future expansion consideration. You need an ownership group, a stadium, fan support, and a lot of money to start a venture like this and it would still be a long shot because of competition from other cities.

Answer 6

No... If anything the Giants need to go back to Harlem, Dodgers should go back to Brooklyn, the A's should go back to Philly.
The Angels either need to pick LA or Anaheim and stick with it and become a AA team.
The Padres should bring back their uniform they had in the 90's for one last season and fold.

Answer 7

no. I live in Chicago, so there are two teams in my town, but what about North Carolina or Kentucky or Tennessee??? 5 is enough for California. Get some other states.

Answer 8

Yes But In California, Oregon yes, California No.

Answer 9

As of now, no. Even though I would love to have in my town of Santa Maria, or nearby in San Luis Obispo, there is not enough media money to do so.
Also a potential market of Fresno does not have a big enough media market to do so.

Answer 10

I don't think that there will be any expansion (or contraction for that matter). If a team moves, I agree that it should be somewhere in the Carolinas.