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Hardly any of the smaller market teams were getting $60 million under their RSN deals... From all the SD local reporting, they were at $15-18 million under the 24-25 restructured mlb carriage deals. $20-30 million off is probably closer to the average for the bottom 12-15 teams. That said, with the Sox April CHSN chaos ... changing to a for pay structure, advertising buys getting comped due to low ratings…easy to imagine the White Sox were down roughly $50-million. But that should start going back in the other direction the more teams are added to ESPN+/Disney.

Teel was 2/4 Antonaccl in off the bench but no PA Berti with big game so probably stays on bench Sosa blocked by Arraez/Sal Perez on Venezuela roster

Antonacci still blocked by Berti and Mastrobuoni...unfortunately. Still a lifetime changing experience. He was never going to make the team in ST anyway with Meudroth and Sosa on the roster.

The Cardinals are quietly amassing one of the better farm systems in the game....and are one year away from starting to compete again with Wetherholt. Milwaukee Tampa Bay Cleveland still stand out as teams successfully getting to the playoffs on a consistent basis. Baltimore and KC are also smaller markets. The A's are Top 5 for Under 26 talent, just like the Pirates. Detroit and SD are running $230+ million payrolls.

Couldn't stop Pirates from getting Skenes AND K.Griffin.

White Sox need Shuto as pr and defensive replacement so fun to watch in CF 8-6 Japan wins can relax a bit now with Australia and Czechia left to play

2/7 2/13 including exhibitions, but hopefully his second really hard contact of the weekend gets him going japan's fastest player Shuto and best defensive ofer pr for Mune and steals second Detroit's Jahmai Jones almost badly overran that one reached back no Ohtani final at bat unless Korea can score 2 or more Ota in to close probably see Sato at 3B or RF tmrw against Australia

Japanese just don't mess up sac bunts Ohtani will get a chance to drive in lead run barring a catastrophe on basepaths Sato ph for Catcher hard grounder to 1B down line Intl walked Ohtani two outs ph for kondoh? bringing in another lhr it seems umpire very inconsistent with ball strike calls walk bases loaded for suzuki 6-5 walked in leading run Seiya homers were 104.4 104.8 talk about consistent Yoshida two run single up middle to break it open 8-5 8-6 Japanese reliever shakily left bases loaded more bad ball/strike calls mixed in

https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/onsi/san-diego-padres-news/padres-4-5-million-free-agent-signee-part-of-blockbuster-trade-suddenly-released reliever Preller wasted $4.5 million on...Woo Suk Go got Mune to ground out fairly weakly up the middle 1/6 now I think Ohtani Suzuki Yoshida have looked good Kondoh Okamoto Mune not so much at least so far Genda can really field SS smoothly at 33 and 2B Maki the spiritual leader of team

Ohtani flipped a ball to lcf off a tough lefty reliever 2/3 12 tb tie game going to the 6th manager Ibata is going to be tempted to sub Sato for Okamoto at 3B Japan 5-4 vs Korea in wbc 2-2 vs. US two losses in all other wbc games since 2009

Suzuki defense in CF comes back to bite Japan...two more runs score off Kikuchi 3-0 Korea in the first Suzuki makes up for it with a two run bomb 3-2 Korea after 1 Murakami k on 73 mph ch...korean sidearmer fb 84-87 but not easy to pick up still 3-2 both pitchers settling in back to top of the lineups in 3rd http://cn.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=iHA%2bWxkJ&id=247C90BDF0C2772A41784622EFAAB33570A79AC5&thid=OIP.iHA-WxkJuP4gVhNlA55dmgHaHa&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fmysportdab.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f09%2fYusei-Kikuchi-Wife.jpg&exph=1108&expw=1108&q=yusei+kikuchi+wife&FORM=IRPRST&ck=1AF08BECEC2BA20FFF8C60545407645E&selectedIndex=1&itb=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0 for some reason they've already shown Kikuchi's wife about ten times from the dugout wearing her husband's jersey...Taiwan broadcast ELTA-1 another Ohtani homer 111 ev big hug from Kikuchi in dugout a lot more smiles in dugout than you see in the US 3-3 bot 3rd 2 hr's 6 rbi's 4-3 Seiya's second homer, teeing off now pitcher replaced Yoshida homer back to back so much for "dead ball" must be using MLB baseballs that are larger and springier 5-3 Hyeseong Kim (lad) ties with a homer off new pitcher Itoh 5-5 two MurakamI k's, this one called strike 3

Cholowsky and Gasparino both homered again in an 11-1 shellacking of Ohio State...Roch also had three walks

It's better for NHL NFL NBA MLB regular season and all the soccer/football leagues around the world... has to be tied into world futbol gambling

MLB: $10.9 Billion Revenue MLB is tied with the NBA, both earning $10.9 billion in revenue in 2023. Unlike the NFL, where ⅔ of the NFL’s revenue came from National TV/Media deals, the MLB earned revenue from ticket sales, National TV/Media deals, and local TV/media. Ticket Sales: 31% National TV/Media: 26% Local TV/Media: 23% Team Sponsors: 10% Concessions/Parking: 10% NBA: $10.9 Billion Revenue The NBA earned $10.9 billion in revenue in 2023. While they tied the MLB in revenue, the NBA earned its money a little bit differently. National TV/Media: 41% Ticket Sales: 26% Local TV/Media: 13% Team Sponsors: 12% Concessions/Parking: 8% Figures that will triple the annual paycheck for each NBA franchise and that are enabling the smooth absorption of the decline in 'local' TV rights, following the default in 2023 of the regional sports network operator Diamond Sports Group, which weigh about 10% of the turnover of the 30 NBA teams. In 2024, then, sponsorships increased by about 15% - the agreement with Nike was renewed in October 2024, with an annual investment of about USD 90 million until 2037 - as did the income from non-NBA events, which mainly benefited the teams with arena ownership/availability. The concert business, for example, brought an average of $25 million into the coffers of these franchises. The owners of the Nba managed 10 of the 20 highest-grossing concert venues in the world in 2024, according to Billboard. In June 2024, the Koch family bought 15 per cent of Bse Global, parent company of the Brooklin Nets, the New York Liberty and the Barclays Center, the world's sixth highest-grossing arena, for a valuation of $6 billion. So more corporate sponsors like Nike and better advertising/marketing of players AND using concerts to earn $25 million or so like the average NBA arena does would be two possible solutions. For NBA, exploding TV rights, sponsorships from around the world (see Dodgers/Japan or Daikin Park in Houston) and "unique global footprint," basically. https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/nba-why-teams-are-worth-so-much-tv-rights-sponsors-and-global-AHq6DBKB?refresh_ce=1

https://twinstrivia.com/2025/04/05/mlb-teams-revenue-versus-payroll/ Here you will see the Dodgers at the very top but only 10/30 teams are putting 50% or more into player salaries. No surprise the White Sox and Marlins are at the bottom, but the Cubs and Red Sox are also in the Bottom 8. 9 KC 12 Detroit 15 Twins 25 Cleveland 29 White Sox Exactly half the teams in MLB are at 40-50%, with 45% being pretty close to the average.

Except there are even more tricks and tax loopholes available for "big league" accountants...especially depreciation.

+ $22 million

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Low first round...high second right now. Could be in the first with these highlights, and bloodline.

It has to be balanced enough that a Detroit can "reasonably" or at least feasibly extend Skubal or the Pirates Paul Skenes... Ofc, the three teams I mentioned earlier won't even let those players get to years 6-7...they will inevitably get traded for younger/cheaper reinforcements. They're almost ruthlessly efficient in their decision making processes.

Soto Tatis Vladdy Marte...four best in the sport at their positions, arguably == at least for now, Mark Vientos https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/2026-world-baseball-classic-elly-035041360.html And Junior Caminero Top 3-5 3B Julio Rodriguez same for CF

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/48126931/donald-trump-plans-executive-order-solve-every-problem-raised-college-sports-panel Not sure what the answer is that lies between open free agency like what you have with NCAA football and basketball where players are now spending their careers with 4-5 different teams. Have gun will travel. Heck, $1 million softball players on one side, Livvy Dunne/Caitlin Clark/Eileen Gu on the other, QB's who won't even make it in the NFL getting $5-7 million plus endorsements... Solutions: seems to me for mlb baseball that it's giving up at least one out of six or seven years of player control in exchange. Disincentivizing teams from holding players in the minors for an extra year of control is another big part of this. But the NCAA is now the WIld Wild West. That's too much free market/lack of regulations. Total turnover of teams leads to fan frustration...yes, but also to the free market "innovations" of Indiana or Texas Tech, or BYU men's basketball. Otoh, Cinderella Sweet 16 stories in March Madness are quickly disappearing. Having the #1-2-3 NBA draft pick in D.Peterson on Kansas has arguably hurt them as a team. Is all that new unpredictability worth the turn over of 2/3rds or more of some NCAA teams? I don't know. I never thought women's ncaa basketball or softball (OU/Texas Tech) or volleyball (Nebraska) would eclipse men's ratings, either. Obviously college baseball has never been the big revenue driver like the other two sports...but even SEC coaching staffs are making more than big league equivalents now in some cases. The TN baseball coach got hired by Buster Posey, etc. Finally, MLB simply loves when the Cubs Dodgers Mets Red Sox and Yankees are in the World Series or NLCS...they most assuredly don't love TB Milwaukee Cleveland or Detroit advancing far in the post season. More revenue/ratings for everyone.

No Lindor/Correa...insurance companies as the villains, PR/Bad Bunny still winning the battle in San Juan for now. 5-0 Puerto Rico over Colombia

Sure, both sides. But then there's the issue of how players are treated their first three years in the big leagues as well as the minor leagues, which is still barely just a matter of surviving for non Top 2-3 round picks...especially in A ball and rookie/complex leagues. Not the slavery of Curt Flood days...but that Top 20% of MLB players' salaries blowing up is skewing the overall picture. Also, older/veteran players not who are not in the top tier are going the way of dinosaurs once they hit 33/34. Analytics have wiped them out in favor of prospects/players in their 20s and even teens...not unlike AI and robotics taking away jobs. Is a rising tide floating all boats? Trickle down? If you believe in the core mission of labor unions throughout the history of the country...and there are tons of talking points against, having been part of a public teachers' union, trust me, I've seen or heard every story, then it's still almost impossible to look at things as being equal or 50/50. But that's just me. Unless you work (directly/indirectly) for a billionaire, you're probably not going to be defending them. Another issue is private equity firms like Crystal Lake buying up a ton of minor league teams...does this "ruthless bottom line efficiency" lead to better fan experiences? Cheaper prices? Closer interactions with players/autograph signed? Not necessarily.

Nicaragua with three base runners on (K-wild pitch allowed one) in a row against heavy favorites DR en Miami. 1-0 no outs against C.Sanchez. Vientos the big name for the Managuans/Dusty Baker vs. Pujols... Bases loaded now, no outs. Vientos walked. k k Puerto Rico leading 2-0 in the middle innings against Jose Quintana/Colombia.