Expansion - MLB got it all wrong

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1 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA MSA 20,320,876 19,567,410 +3.85% New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA 13,353,907 12,828,837 +4.09% Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA
3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI MSA 9,533,040 9,461,105 +0.76% Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA 7,399,662 6,426,214 +15.15% Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA
5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA 6,892,427 5,920,416 +16.42% Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA 6,216,589 5,636,232 +10.30% Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
7 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL MSA 6,158,824 5,564,635 +10.68% Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA
8 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA 6,096,120 5,965,343 +2.19% Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA 5,884,736 5,286,728 +11.31% Atlanta-Athens-Sandy Springs, GA CSA
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA 4,836,531 4,552,402 +6.24% Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA 4,737,270 4,192,887 +12.98%
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA MSA 4,727,357 4,335,391 +9.04% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA 4,580,670 4,224,851 +8.42% Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA
14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI MSA 4,313,002 4,296,250 +0.39% Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA 3,867,046 3,439,809 +12.42% Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA 3,600,618 3,348,859 +7.52% Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA
17 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA MSA 3,337,685 3,095,313 +7.83%
18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 3,091,399 2,783,243 +11.07%
19 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA 2,888,227 2,543,482 +13.55% Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA
20 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA 2,808,175 2,710,489 +3.60% Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
21 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 2,807,338 2,787,701 +0.70% St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA
22 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA 2,525,305 2,217,012 +13.91% Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA
23 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA 2,509,831 2,134,411 +17.59% Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL CSA
24 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA 2,473,974 2,142,508 +15.47%
25 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA 2,453,168 2,226,009 +10.20% Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA CSA
26 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,333,367 2,356,285 −0.97% Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV CSA
27 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA MSA 2,324,884 2,149,127 +8.18% Sacramento-Roseville, CA CSA
28 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV MSA 2,204,079 1,951,269 +12.96% Las Vegas-Henderson, NV-AZ CSA
29 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA 2,179,082 2,114,580 +3.05% Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville, OH-KY-IN CSA
30 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 2,128,912 2,009,342 +5.95% Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA
31 Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA 2,115,827 1,716,289 +23.28%
32 Columbus, OH MSA 2,078,725 1,901,974 +9.29% Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH CSA
33 Cleveland-Elyria, OH MSA 2,058,844 2,077,240 −0.89% Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH CSA
34 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN MSA 2,028,614 1,887,877 +7.45% Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN CSA
35 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA 1,998,463 1,836,911 +8.79% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA
36 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN MSA 1,903,045 1,670,890 +13.89% Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro, TN CSA
37 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 1,725,246 1,676,822 +2.89% Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC CSA
38 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 1,621,122 1,600,852 +1.27% Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA
39 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA 1,576,236 1,555,908 +1.31% Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA

So Milwaukee is the current smallest market team. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Kansas City and now Las Vegas would also be out, if you allot two teams for NYC, LA, CHI and Dallas.

Without a second team in Dallas, Sacramento would be added.

Replacement teams for the five small market teams above would be in Riverside, Charlotte, San Antonio, Orlando and Portland.