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Rob Manfred Discusses Montreal, Mexico City as Potential MLB Expansion Locations

Major League Baseball hasn't expanded since the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Rays came aboard in 1998, but MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is open to the possibility of adding new franchises down the line.

Speaking to Jason Benetti and Steve Stone on CSN Chicago Thursday night (via Fox Sports' Jon Morosi), Manfred explained that he would "love to see" MLB expand once the league's new labor deal is finalized and stadium situations in Tampa Bay and Oakland are resolved.

Manfred also had a couple of ideas regarding locales for prospective franchises.

"My personal frontrunner would be either Montreal or Mexico City," he said, per Morosi.