{"id":327148,"date":"2026-05-22T02:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327148\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:17:15","slug":"guerrero-touts-west-sacramentos-mlb-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/327148\/","title":{"rendered":"Guerrero touts West Sacramento\u2019s MLB experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a city hall event Thursday, West Sacramento\u2019s mayor teased an upcoming announcement about the region\u2019s efforts to officially pursue a Major League Baseball expansion team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true,\u201d Mayor Martha Guerrero told local government and business officials during an annual \u201cState of the City\u201d event. \u201cWest Sacramento is in dialogue to consider becoming a host to a Major League Baseball expansion team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The region would compete with other cities that have spent years vying for the league\u2019s attention, and any decision by the MLB would be years away. The league\u2019s commissioner has said he wants a process for expansion in place by the time he retires, expected in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty had signalled local leaders\u2019 intentions to formally campaign for an expansion team <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article312575180.html\">during his own annual address in October<\/a>, and has doubled down in the months since, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/business\/article314820927.html\">declaring that an effort would launch this spring<\/a>. The West Sacramento mayor\u2019s comments signalled that that campaign may be imminent.<\/p>\n<p>Guerrero told attendees to \u201cstay tuned for that announcement next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guerrero\u2019s remarks came during her annual \u201cState of the City\u201d address, where she hailed West Sacramento\u2019s recent accomplishments. Among them, it received $43 million, the largest grant in the city\u2019s history, toward building more than 100 new affordable housing units in the Grand Gateway project.<\/p>\n<p>West Sacramento also established a special district to fund tourism and marketing, and its small business program has given more than $1 million in grants to more than 35 local businesses, Guerrero said.<\/p>\n<p>West Sacramento has begun its second season as host to the Athletics \u2014 and its 27th season hosting the triple-A River Cats \u2014 with the two teams sharing the River Cats\u2019 minor-league ballpark as the A\u2019s prepare to relocate to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest Sacramento has proven to be a success at hosting major league baseball crowds,\u201d Guerrero said. \u201cAnd the buzz in the air around Sutter Health Park shows that the region is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 21, 2026 at 2:58 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/291934470\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MERRILEES-PHOTO.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Annika Merrilees\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/291934470\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Annika Merrilees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Annika Merrilees is a business reporter for The Sacramento Bee. She previously spent five years covering business and healthcare for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During a city hall event Thursday, West Sacramento\u2019s mayor teased an upcoming announcement about the region\u2019s efforts to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-327148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}