Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has been saying for more than a year that he would like to add two expansion franchises by the end of the decade or the early 2030s.
Orlando is already positioning itself to land one of those teams. An ownership group called the Orlando Dreamers, fronted by Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin, plans to bid for a franchise and already has funding in place and the land to build a stadium in the city.
Larkin grew up in Cincinnati and played his entire 19-year career with the hometown Reds from 1988-2004. However, Larkin has been an Orlando resident for nearly 30 years and thinks it is the perfect spot for an MLB team.