Mexican City Series 2024 between the Colorado Rockies vs. Houston Astros in Mexico City on Apr 27 and 28, 2024 (MLB.com image)
Béisbol de Grandes Ligas! The México City Series
That’s Amaury News and Commentary
By Amaury Pi-González
Major League Baseball continues flirting with México, playing regular season games down México way. This weekend, the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies will play two games in the Mexico City Series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú with 20,062 capacity. This will mark the seventh time MLB plays a regular season series in Mexican territory.
It will be the first international game for the Houston Astros since 2019. The Rockies also played in Monterrey during 2019 but in Spring Training. México City’s population is over 9 million, and the metro area population of México City is over 22,000,000 people. If baseball is smart “if” they should consider México City for expansion.
These are the potential cities that have shown interest for an expansion team, some are being considered.
Austin/San Antonio, Texas
Charlotte, North Carolina
México City, México
Montréal, Canada
Nashville, Tennessee
Orlando, Florida
Portland, Oregon
Raleigh, North Carolina
Salt Lake City, Utah
San José, CA
Coverage for the US. MLB TV (Saturday) and ESPN TV (Sunday)
Major League Baseball will expand from 30 to 32 teams in the coming years. The only uncertainties are when the process will formally begin and when the two new franchises to be named will begin play. The last time MLB expanded, ahead of the 1998 season, the Tampa Bay then-Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks each had to pay $130 million to join the club. We feel confident the price has gone way up.
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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