Las Vegas is automatic. NFL and NHL have taken full advantage of that location. My personal opinion, I think the A’s will be moving there and the Rays will be moving to Montreal. I would say the expansion cities will narrow down to Portland, San Antonio, Nashville and Charlotte. The only issue with Nashville and Charlotte is that they are in the same region and you know the Braves with not allow two teams to come into the Southeast like that. One of those two cities will get left out and the other expansion will go to either Portland or San Antonio. The issue with Portland is that it is close in proximity to Seattle so the Mariners will have push back. The issue with San Antonio is that there are already two Texas teams. My gut feeling is Nashville and Portland. Nashville is booming and Portland would create more excitement in the Northwest and hopefully create a natural rivalry with the Mariners.
I love the thought of expansion in baseball but I am not going to like the divisional realignment. There will be 4 four-team divisions so I have a feeling Manfred will screw that up and not place the teams in their proper divisions.