Sacramento Launches Campaign for MLB Expansion Team

The campaign identified nearly $2 billion in potential funding, including $800 million from private investment, with the cost of land bundled in.

The California state capital building in Sacramento, Calif., on March 16, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The greater Sacramento area launched a formal campaign for a Major League Baseball expansion team, the “Sacramento Pitch,” on May 28.

“When MLB moves forward on expansion, Sacramento will be impossible to ignore,” said Mark Friedman, board chair of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, in a statement.