Amazon/Diamond Sports Deal Could be Game-Changer for Twins' TV and Payroll

[DJL44]

40 minutes ago, August J Gloop said:

Imagine a sports sub where all the leagues of the world are easily searched and indexed. Scores can be hidden. Streams are up to 8K HDR. You can follow your favorite teams and players. All built on the great work of the MLB.TV app. I get misty. 

Pretty sure the FTC would never allow that.

[USAFChief]

I'm confused. Neither Bally Sports nor Diamond own Twins broadcast rights. Not over the air, or streaming. 

I don't see the connection here, unless the Twins are negotiating separately with Amazon.

[August J Gloop]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I'm confused. Neither Bally Sports nor Diamond own Twins broadcast rights, over the air or streaming. 

I don't see the connection here, unless the Twins are negotiating separately with Amazon.

The connection is that AMZN is currently using these bankruptcy proceedings to create a baseline market value for streaming negotiations. What is settled here will likely impact how much leverage the Twins have in getting their own deal from AMZN or anyone else. 

In the absence of an agreement, pessimism and optimism are doing a tango in Twins Territory.