Where would they move though? Is there another market that really makes that much more sense or would really support a team that much better? I think just about anywhere could get more than 10,000 people to see a first place team in late June. Charlotte's a good idea if you want to keep them in the east. People bring up Montreal, though they struggled with attendance last time. I think Indianapolis could work. There's Portland and Las Vegas, and you could probably move the Astros to the AL East in that scenario. I think almost literally anywhere else would be better. http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/classifications/?cl_id=2 Judging by these attendance stats, Charlotte is dead last in attendance among all AAA cities with 3,800 a game. The only teams that average over 8,000 a game are Columbus, Lehigh Valley, Indy, Buffalo, Louisville, Round Rock, and Sacramento. Vegas is damn near dead last. Now, of course I think it's somewhat unfair to make a straight comparison between AAA attendance and expected MLB attendance since MLB is a whole different beast regarding interest, etc. I actually think a Memphis team would do well (the Redbirds average 7200 fwiw). That area of the country is probably the most populated area in the US that is the farthest from an MLB stadium. A Memphis team would get most of Tennessee, Little Rock (less than 2 hours away) and most of Arkansas, north Louisiana, all of Mississippi, and possibly even New Orleans (same distance to Houston and Memphis from NOLA). Southerners are all about baseball too. For example, Ole Miss averages 10,000 for SEC baseball games. I think it would need to be an indoor park; Memphis being right on the river is miserably muggy in the summer.