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Former sports exec Dave Checketts sees Salt Lake City as a leader for baseball expansion.

The Larry H. Miller Company is heading the effort to bring an MLB team to the state.

Baseball expansion decisions aren't expected until at least 2029.

A former sports executive who ran major franchises and founded professional teams offered his forecast of Major League Baseball expansion during a recent panel discussion in New York.

While Dave Checketts didn’t offer a time frame for the league adding two teams, he pinpointed the cities he sees as the frontrunners. Like commissioner Rob Manfred has stated, Checketts expects an expansion franchise in the East and the West.

In the East, he said, it’s Orlando, Charlotte and Nashville.

“Nashville is clearly No. 1 and out front,” he said a

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