I'm hearing that Huntington will get a team in the Midwest League (Class A). I have heard that the Bowling Green, KY franchise is going to be sold. They averaged about 2700 per game there so I don't know why ownership is wanting out. I had not heard that a deal was in place to keep the team in BG.
The WBKO-TV story seems to indicate that a minority owner is now becoming the majority owner, and he made a deal with the Warren County Downtown Economic Development Authority to keep the team in Bowling Green through at least 2030, because he has ties to Bowling Green.
Seems really doubtful to me this team is on the move to Huntington. So, one of four things may be happening: (1) Bowling Green's team stays put, Huntington looks elsewhere to a different Midwest League sale or expansion (possible for expansion but not likely); (2) Huntington gets the Bowling Green team and the promises made by that future owner all collapse and a crapstorm ensues in Bowling Green; (3) Huntington looks to another league like the South Atlantic League (to me, that seems to fit better for Huntington) or even another development league that may not be a full-season league; or (4) nothing is ready to happen yet, everything's just speculation until the end of minor league baseball season when changes of ownership could happen, but nobody knows for sure.
Best bets to me seem to be (3) or (4) for now, unless one of the team owners has a Marshall/Huntington tie and has quietly informed the city on what it will do after their league season is done.