The Expos, who have been unable to turn a profit playing 81 home games in Olympic Stadium, may at least break even in Puerto Rico for promoter Antonio Munoz.
Munoz has stated that he is within $1million of recouping the $7.6m he paid Major League Baseball, in addition to more than $1m in expenses, to have the team play 22 home games in San Juan this season.
He commented: "I wasn't that worried that I'd lose money. Obviously we took on risk, but I always thought we'd do good in this market."
Major League Baseball, which bought the Expos from Jeffrey Loria last year with plans of folding them, agreed to the games in Puerto Rico after the club lost $15m last season and drew a major-league low 812,545 fans.
After giving up the right to shut any teams down until 2006 in a new labor agreement, owners now are looking for a buyer to move the franchise to the Washington-Northern Virginia area or Portland, Oregon.
