don't think so, because a ball at 2m will stay at 2m, as time passes, unless forced to change. — Metaphysician Undercover

Ok you just be unfamiliar with gravity

I don't see your point. Either the ball is at 2m or it is not. If it is falling it is not at 2m, it is moving. If it is at 2m then something is holding it there and a force is required to cause it to fall.

If it's distance changes due to the expansion of space, this change in distance is not included in the equations of the concept of energy, and so it is not considered to be "motion" as the term is applied in that concept.

just simply Google "does an object further from earth's center have more potential energy?"

How's that relevant to what we are talking about, spatial expansion? If the distance between the object and the center of the earth is caused to change due to the effects of spatial expansion, this change is not included in the concept of energy. Therefore such a change in distance would not change the object's potential energy.

, this change is not included in the concept of energy. Therefore such a change in distance would not change the object's potential energy. — Metaphysician Undercover

Seems like you're just ignoring the part where it explicitly is a change in potential energy.