Salt Lake City group pursuing MLB expansion franchise

A Salt Lake City group led by former Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller plans to pursue a Major League Baseball franchise, ESPN reported Wednesday.

A consortium called Big League Utah will join similar pushes in Nashville, Portland (Ore.), Las Vegas and Charlotte to expand the current 30-team league.

"I would love to get to 32 teams," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN in July.

The timeline for expansion is in flux until