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Indifference71 · December 2015

Cliffy6745 said:

Indifference71 said:
$34M per year over 6 years. Holy shit.
Bryce Harper is gonna get paid. I can't wait to see this

This shit is crazy. I feel like I am constantly reading about how much ratings are down for baseball, but these contracts just keep getting crazier and crazier.

norm · December 2015

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Indifference71 said:
$34M per year over 6 years. Holy shit.
Bryce Harper is gonna get paid. I can't wait to see this
This shit is crazy. I feel like I am constantly reading about how much ratings are down for baseball, but these contracts just keep getting crazier and crazier.

i guess the ratings are ok...for now at least

MLB Sees Record Revenues For 2015, Up $500 Million And Approaching $9.5 Billion

Maury Brown

Major League Baseball continues to hit home runs on the business side of the industry. With the year nearly complete, the league can report that gross revenues increased $500 million for 2015, marking the 13th consecutive year MLB has seen record growth. While exact figures are not released, the league will enter 2016 with revenues approaching $9.5 billion.

Growth for baseball continued around media rights and other facets. While there continues to be talk of the media rights bubble bursting, dividends continue to come in. As an example, the Philadelphia Phillies saw rights fees increase from $25 million annually to $100 million as part of their new $2.4-3 billion deal.

In terms of fan apparel, retail sales of MLB merchandise exceeded $3 billion annually according to The Licensing Letter.

New sponsorships added to the league’s coffers. All told, these new sponsorships reached in 2015 have total contract value over the life of the deals of $225-$275 million.

MLB Advanced Media had more than 3.5 million subscribers to its suite of digital products last year, including MLB.TV and the MLB.com At Bat mobile application. MLB.com At Bat, the highest-grossing iOS sports app of all-time, was downloaded 11 million times in 2014, surpassing its previous record of 10 million downloads set in 2013.

MLB’s attendance of approximately 74 million fans in 2014 was seventh highest ever. The last ten years have been the ten most attended seasons in baseball history.

And there’s little doubting that the league will see 2016 be rosy. Next year, the Arizona Diamondbacks will see the fruits of a new television rights deal with FOX Sports Arizona that increased from $250 million for the rights from 2008-15 to $1.5 billion for 2016-21, and the league already announced that in-market streaming will come to the 15 clubs that have FOX Sports support their regional sports networks. To add, the league will shortly announce partnerships for the new BAM Tech spin-off of MLB Advanced Media.

the bold part is why grienke is now a d-bag

Wobbie · December 2015

wanted the $$$$, nothing else. at least he spurned the despicable d**gers.

norm · December 2015

imalive said:
wanted the $$$$, nothing else. at least he spurned the despicable d**gers.

and the vile giants

the one thing that binds us in baseball...hatred for the dbags

gregkitefan · December 2015

The Price and Greinke contracts are crazy but at least they are good pitchers.
How in the frigging world can Mike Pelfrey get 2 years and 16 million.
Pelfrey is 11-27 in the last 3 years with an ERA of 4.94 with a whip over 1.50.
Couldn't the Tigers have found anybody even some homeless guy on the streets to pitch that bad.

HesCalledDyer · December 2015

The Price & Greinke contracts are staggering, but at least they perform. The Giants just signed Jeff Suckmardzija for 5/90. That, my friends... is CRAZY.

Indifference71 · December 2015

HesCalledDyer said:
The Price & Greinke contracts are staggering, but at least they perform. The Giants just signed Jeff Suckmardzija for 5/90. That, my friends... is CRAZY.

INSANE. I watched him suck it up for the white sox all fucking year. And then a team pays him that much?!?!? I just don't get it.

Cliffy6745 · December 2015

Indifference71 said:

HesCalledDyer said:
The Price & Greinke contracts are staggering, but at least they perform. The Giants just signed Jeff Suckmardzija for 5/90. That, my friends... is CRAZY.
INSANE. I watched him suck it up for the white sox all fucking year. And then a team pays him that much?!?!? I just don't get it.

Well they are clearly not paying for the pitcher from this past season and betting he bounces back. I didn't see him pitch enough to know if that's a bad bet. He was good for a while though.

Also, looks like he made the right decision to play baseball

Indifference71 · December 2015

Cliffy6745 said:

Indifference71 said:

HesCalledDyer said:
The Price & Greinke contracts are staggering, but at least they perform. The Giants just signed Jeff Suckmardzija for 5/90. That, my friends... is CRAZY.
INSANE. I watched him suck it up for the white sox all fucking year. And then a team pays him that much?!?!? I just don't get it.
Well they are clearly not paying for the pitcher from this past season and betting he bounces back. I didn't see him pitch enough to know if that's a bad bet. He was good for a while though.

Also, looks like he made the right decision to play baseball

Yeah, I'm definitely bitter towards Samardzija after this past season. But still, pretty crazy that a team commits $90M guaranteed to a 30 year old pitcher coming off the worst season in his career.

Great move to go baseball over football. He'd probably be out of the league by now if he went to the NFL.

Wobbie · December 2015

HesCalledDyer said:
The Price & Greinke contracts are staggering, but at least they perform. The Giants just signed Jeff Suckmardzija for 5/90. That, my friends... is CRAZY.

hoping that a stellar pitching coach and catcher can get him right. but, yeah, who knew an ERA just south of 5 could get you $90M?

Amongst the Ani · December 2015

As a Giants fan not too fond of the Shark deal. I read a lot and the theory from them and a lot of teams is he is fine. Last season was a mix of bad mechanics and the leagues worst defense. Being as tall as he is his mechanics are amplified. His arm slot dropped and the white sox didn't fix it. It was the reason why everyone 5th game or so he would be the old shark as his arm slot was better. Giants feel Rags can fix the mechanics (he already works with MadBum on same thing) and putting him in front of one of the better defensive infields will bounce him back to the 3 era he had up until last season. Back end starters are now getting 12 million a year (see Happ and other deals) so they feel they are paying gim to be a 3/innings eater. If they can get his mechanics right he can be a low end 2 which would make this a discounted deal since 2's are now getting 20 million a year. Big gamble though doing it for 5 years which is why I don't like it.

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh · December 2015

I figured Smardzija would get something in the neighborhood of John Lackeys Red Sox contract. 5/80-85ish. Did a little better. It's a crazy market right now as mentioned really well in an earlier post with the revenue info. But yeah, wait til Trout and Bryce Harper hit free agency. The young guys in the next 5 years are gonna be getting crazy money.

polaris_x · December 2015

it's the tv deals ...

SVRDhand13 · December 2015

polaris_x said:
it's the tv deals ...

Yep and the Braves have a stupid deal that has been costing them.

gregkitefan · December 2015

Wow great trade for the Red Sox. They get Smith and Elias for Miley. Smith is just what this bullpen needed and Elias was very good against lefties least year. Miley is a number 4 starter at best.

F Me In The Brain · December 2015

Doyers pick Chapman from Reds.
Damn, Reds are gonna suck even worse (tough to do) this year than last year.

Cliffy6745 · December 2015

gregkitefan said:
Wow great trade for the Red Sox. They get Smith and Elias for Miley. Smith is just what this bullpen needed and Elias was very good against lefties least year. Miley is a number 4 starter at best.

Ugh...how do the Mariners not know that Wade Miley is straight trash, especially given Dipoto was there for like 2 months?

Amongst the Ani · December 2015

F Me In The Brain said:
Doyers pick Chapman from Reds.
Damn, Reds are gonna suck even worse (tough to do) this year than last year.

Reds have said deal is not done and are still shopping him to other teams now. Fucking D*dgers.

Wobbie · December 2015

I can live with chapman going to the d**gers, but not fernandez

cutz · December 2015

imalive said:
I can live with chapman going to the d**gers, but not fernandez

Not sure the Dogers, or any other team, will want him until this is resolved : http://sports.yahoo.com/news/aroldis-chapman-s-girlfriend-alleged-he--choked--her--according-to-police-report-023629095.html

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