Could Sacramento be the site of the next Major League Baseball expansion team? In light of the Athletics' temporary relocation to the capitol region, local leaders are looking to capitalize on the momentum.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has expressed interest in an expansion team on both the east and the west coast. Sacramento, already considered a top-three contender for a new team, made their bid for the team official.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty, in his State of the City address on Monday, announced that both he and West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero are working together to launch a campaign to attract the expansion team.

"We are an MLB ready city," McCarty said in his address.

They mayor touched on major issues in Sacramento like homelessness and housing, but ended his add

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