Using the newest roster set by Cubby, for 2009, I contracted KC, Toronto, Cincy, Pittsburgh, Arizona and Minnesota. The only real question mark in that group as far as I'm concerned is Minnesota. Arizona's been drowning in debt for years. KC, Cincy and Pittsburgh are essentially minor league towns and Toronto, well who knows if Canada will still be there when the recession ends
. In reality, Minnesota has approved funding for a new stadium, so they are a very unlikely candidate, but in the end, mostly I was going on a mix of market size coupled with my perceived local support.
The other thing I did was move the Marlins to the Austin/San Antonio, TX market and renamed them CenTex Express. This could probably never happen in reality because the Astros, and to a much lesser extent the Rangers, make a big effort to market to this area (and have for years, so certainly there'd be a loyalty issue, which I affected in both their loyalty and interest ratings), and I'm certain the Astros would bring court action before a major league team were allowed to set up shop in Central Texas.
Which is all beside the point of course. I just like to see a smaller MLB, with real players and a dispersal draft set to favor the remaining bottom feeders. Additionally, this keeps the teams/players where you are used to seeing them, with some interesting additions to make it unpredictable.