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  1. Major League Ready
    MLB has done pretty well without your help.
  2. Major League Ready
    The league hired some prominent executives from the broadcasting industry seven months ago. It would stand to reason they were brought on to develop a solution in the event Diamond failed. All of these teams are now in need of a solution. It makes no sense for them to go it on their own. MLB will now be able to distribute any game assuming an agreement is made with the teams that have their own platforms. This will provide many options including distributing to all the cable providers and streaming service that current carry or have carried games in the past. Of course, they can also provide a direct to consumer model. MLB Media Department
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    If you recall, there were reports that the league may have influenced the Twins decision to stay with Bally's for one more year. With Bally's in bankruptcy and hanging on by a string, it's not hard to imagine that the league anticipated their demise. The fact that they hired key executives from the broadcasting industry to support the development of a new solution would be a very strong indication the league was looking for solution for more than a couple teams that would be expiring. You can presume stupidity if it makes you feel good to assume incompetence. However, there was little the league could do with the majority of teams under long-term contract. It also did not take a real sharp business executive to see the current model was likely to fold with the bankruptcy, cable cutting, and other changes in the industry. They hired SMEs with impressive credentials. Why would they do this unless they were working on an alternative in anticipation of getting broadcast rights back. They were very close until Amazon stepped in. With many teams in the same position as the Twins now, we will find out if the league is so incompetent as to have been sitting on their hands while Bally's was on their last breath.
  4. Major League Ready
    I stated they were the most popular choices. The majority were quite vocal about not bothering with signing someone like Wacha or Lugo. I didn't say there were not options that would have helped but those options were not the players that were insisted upon here. Most wanted a "big name" and Montgomery was the most popular. No matter how you slice it or dice it. $30M in free agency is worth on average less than 4 WAR and they got 3 from Santana so the premise spending an additional $30M in spending was the difference between failure and success is a huge stretch. Even if they would have signed Lugo, he would not have made up for their horrible hitting, base running, and defensive lapses.
  5. Major League Ready
    You missed the post I responded to which said "Many of us haven't been able to watch the Twins for a few years due to most streaming systems dumping Bally Sports" My provider dumped Bally's. Twins coverage was important to me so I switched providers and this poster could have dome the same. He/she elected not to switch which is certainly his or her prerogative. However, the option was and is still available. If it's important, switch providers. I just don't understand constantly bitching instead of rectifying a problem that is relatively easy to fix.
  6. Major League Ready
    That's often how it goes. I am not sure how that lines up with the assertion the Twins would have been just fine had they spent another $30M. I think people make a lot of assumptions about how a contender is built. However, I don't think most people have actually taken examples of successful teams and broken down how the players were acquired to build that team. As you know, I have broken down every 90 win team in the last 20 years and the assertions here don't match what I have found in general.
  7. Major League Ready
    Bulls#!%. The payroll numbers are a matter of public record. I would suggest something like Statista for the revenue ESTIMATES. Yes, they are estimates but reasonably reliable and unbiased. I would be happy to accept numbers from any reasonable unbiased source but there has never been a reasonable attempt made to compare the percentage of revenue spent on payroll. Show me an example where a TD write provided any reasonable attempt to compare the Twins spending percentage with the rest of the league. Show me just one article that actually provides a revenue vs payroll comparison of the league. TV revenues are reported for every team and the national TV revenues are provided from public companies and therefore relatively easy to attain. The gate receipts are an estimate but it's not all that difficult to estimate those revenues within 10%. Companies like Statista make a living putting together these estimates. It would not be difficult at all to put together with a Statista subscription.
  8. Major League Ready
    Because using all of the data in any given comparison is better than using only the data that supports a given point of view. You find it hilarious that others ignore a set of data points and then suggest we only compare to certain examples. The appropriate way to support a public proclamation that the Pohlads are cheap would be to compare their spending to every other team in the league. Then we would know if they have been the cheapest relative to income or the 5th cheapest of the 15 cheapest, etc. To date, not a single author that has asserted how terrible they have been has provided any objective measure so that we might actually understand how they rank them in terms of cheapness or greed or whatever label you like. BTW ... The Guardians top 5 players make the equivalent of Carlos Correa. They spent virtually nothing on free agents and did not trade for an established players of any relevance. They went from 76 to 92 wins which was the 2nd best record in the AL.
  9. Major League Ready
    Players get slammed here as well. The difference is that TD writers and posters often provide an array of statistics to support their assertions. In the dozens of "cheap Pohlad" articles I have seen here, not once have I seen a writer or poster support their position with an objective measure. This can easily be done by using percentage of revenue spent on payroll or payroll vs revenue rank. Cheap is a relative term relatively easy to establish. With all of the angst, not one single writer has provider the quantitative evidence to support their claims. You would think someone would be anxious to provide that damning evidence. The dozens of articles proclaiming ownership is the problem would be far more substantive if they were backed up by objectives measures. So, what do you say TD? How about an article that compares Twins spending percentages to the rest of the league? Let's see just how accurate these claims have been. Then, we can rip into ownership from an informed point of view.
  10. Major League Ready
    I am not sure what the organization wants us to believe but many posters have rigorously supported the position that the shortcomings of the Twins were a product of reducing payroll by $30M. That's certainly not enough to get 3 or 4 players. It would have gotten them one of the popular choices in Jordan Montgomery or Rhys Hoskins. The two of them combined for .7 WAR. You could argue that $30M is worth 3-4 WAR on average. Of course they got 3 WAR from Santana so that kind of negates that argument. Parfigliano suggests the organization is delusional if they believe we are 3-4 players away so what should we call it to believe that spending another $30M would have made all the difference?
  11. Major League Ready
    What if the restriction was not $30M for this year only? Perhaps my memory is faulty, but my recollection is that the most popular choices for spending were Jordan Montgomery and Rhys Hoskins. Most people were not interested in the $12-15m type pitchers that actually ended up being very good.
  12. Major League Ready
    The option is key here. Non-tendering him is selling at rock bottom which is just not necessary here. Put him in AAA and see how he and the rest of the team comes together. The upside is much higher than the downside. It's a somewhat risky investment with high potential returns.
  13. Major League Ready
    Cleveland VS San Diego during Prueller's tenure. 90-Win 80+ Won Lost % Seasons Wins Padres 729 789 0.480 1 3 Guardians 836 679 0.552 6 8 I would bet Cleveland also performs considerably better for the next 7-10 years.
  14. Major League Ready
    It looks like you are using 40,000 subscribers for your math. I would think that number is really low once the league and fans adapt to a new model. The Twins had 3X that number in the past. This new model will provide far greater access so what seems like a reasonable number?
  15. Major League Ready
    I was listening to MLB radio last week and they said the average age of ticket buyers has gone down significantly again this year and has been trending younger. I believe they said the average age has decreased by 6 years. This is from 2023 Statista Age Distribution. The general consensus was that the new rules for pace and length of game were helping.
  16. Major League Ready
    Seems like their success will be dependent on their ability to sell advertising on their stream? MLB needs to get involved and sell some primary national advertisers.
  17. Major League Ready
    The Padres pushed their all their chips in more so that any other team. They gave themselves a shot but the price would appear to be a narrow window. They had the #1 farm system in MLB following a couple decades of futility. They are now ranked 28th according to MLB.com. They are not likely to maintain their team from their farm system and it would appear they are not going to get more payroll. Profar is gone next year and they are not replacing the 4 WAR they got for $1M. Tanner Scott is gone next year and Cease is there for 1 more year. Darvish will turn 39 next year and Machado 33. Machado could be remain relatively good. You never know but the odds are against him going forward. His salary goes up $8M in 2026 and an additional $14M for a total of $22M to $39M for the last 7 years which will very likely be a real detriment to the organization. Tatis Jr’s salary goes up by $9M next year. Cronenworth goes up $4M. The Orioles have the 3rd rated farm system and the Guardians 4th followed by the Dodgers. I like the odds of those three teams sustaining success much more so than the Padres.
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    MLB.TV
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    Why does the guy with an OPS of 1.026 only get an honorable mention.
  20. Major League Ready
    Are people who are unwilling to pay for coverage "customers". $120 will get you coverage of 81 games. There are people here who elect to go without coverage for 75 cents a game and then complain about what the team is spending.
  21. Major League Ready
    I guess I would have won the bet. It's a bit ironic that someone complains about spending $120 to get an MLB package but expects the team to disregard profitability.
  22. Major League Ready
    Good point, Hambino. It could have been worked out had they committed far enough in advance. There could be reasons for that like a collaboration with the Wolves/Wild and Lynx. I am hoping to see a product that was worth the wait next year.
  23. Major League Ready
    No doubt that would have been ideal for customers who are unwilling to pay the current cost of coverage. Let's keep in mind that going away from Bally's would have meant that every customer currently paving for a Bally's provider would have been forced to pay an additional fee for streaming. There are no perfect fixes to and changing market such as this one and it does not change the fact the poster could have gotten coverage and elected not to do so. Had they been better at PR, their message would have been our goal is to EVENTUALLY phase out blackouts and increase availability BUT that might not happen immediately. They need to get a PR firm or hire someone that understands every statement they make needs to be more carefully measured for potential fallout.
  24. Major League Ready
    Which is more accurate, the poster is unable to get coverage or the poster is unwilling to switch providers or pay for an alternative source? I will bet a dollar you won't actually answer the question.
  25. Major League Ready
    You are not unable. You chose not to switch to an option that provided Bally Sports or purchase one of several options available.
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