January 16Jan 16 23 minutes ago, Capn12 said: Dodgers contracts worth more than $100M: Shohei Ohtani: 10 years, $700,000,000 Mookie Betts: 12 years, $365,000,000 Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 12 years, $325,000,000 Kyle Tucker: 4 years, $240,000,000 Blake Snell: 5 years, $182,000,000 Freddie Freeman: 6 years, $162,000,000 Will Smith: 10 years, $140,000,000 Tyler Glasnow: 5 years, $136,562,500 But nothing is wrong with MLB and money. White Sox contracts worth more than $100 million.... I dont think I've missed any.
January 16Jan 16 12 minutes ago, ptatc said: 4D chess. We have the most money so we just buy everyone. Genius. That's just it, they don't. They just want it more
January 16Jan 16 1 minute ago, sin city sox fan said: White Sox contracts worth more than $100 million.... I dont think I've missed any. This list is correct, confirmed.
January 16Jan 16 Capping referrals is fine but I love when the Dodgers do this and makes me want a cap less to shove it to Jerry.
January 16Jan 16 Also for the record the Cubs madw almost 9 figures on paper last year, and probably just as much off the books in Wrigleyville. The fact they didn't lead the way for Tucker should piss off every Cub fan out there after they wasted trade chips to get him for a year.
January 16Jan 16 1 hour ago, Capn12 said: This list is correct, confirmed. Embarrassing. Jerry is a joke.
January 16Jan 16 7 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: Good for the Dodgers, they care about winning unlike a bunch of other teams. This is an absolutely absurd post. The Dodgers have a regional TV deal that lets them outspend the competition and the dumb MLB has limited rules in place that prevent them from doing so. Glad you think it’s cool a sport has no market size parity.
January 16Jan 16 10 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said: This league has gotten more and more hard to watch. They are going to continue to lose viewership when one team just dominates Viewership has actually increased in recent years, with 2025 showing significant gains. The sport is getting more popular. Plus, the Dodgers didn't exactly dominate last season when talking wins and losses. They also barely, by the skin of the skin of their teeth, won the WS. They are still beatable. 33 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: This is an absolutely absurd post. The Dodgers have a regional TV deal that lets them outspend the competition and the dumb MLB has limited rules in place that prevent them from doing so. Glad you think it’s cool a sport has no market size parity. Without Tucker last year, they won 93 games. That's not exactly earth shattering. It's not like Tucker is going to make them even a 100 win team. Let them spend if they have the money. There's enough good players to go around at the moment.
January 16Jan 16 1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said: This is an absolutely absurd post. The Dodgers have a regional TV deal that lets them outspend the competition and the dumb MLB has limited rules in place that prevent them from doing so. Glad you think it’s cool a sport has no market size parity. The Cubs dumped Tucker for an older and less expensive bat. The White Sox think spending $34 million plus a posting fee on a player is a big deal. The fact is that all of these teams could spend more if they wanted to but still aren’t. You should be more upset with those teams than the Dodgers who make their fans happy by spending big.
January 16Jan 16 30 minutes ago, Ducksnort said: Viewership has actually increased in recent years, with 2025 showing significant gains. The sport is getting more popular. Plus, the Dodgers didn't exactly dominate last season when talking wins and losses. They also barely, by the skin of the skin of their teeth, won the WS. They are still beatable. Without Tucker last year, they won 93 games. That's not exactly earth shattering. It's not like Tucker is going to make them even a 100 win team. Let them spend if they have the money. There's enough good players to go around at the moment. So as long as they are theoretically “beatable” you are ok with a team being able to spend +4x the amount as certain small market teams?
January 16Jan 16 11 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: That's just it, they don't. They just want it more with the amount of Japanese money coming in, I would be surprised if they don't have the most money
January 16Jan 16 24 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: The Cubs dumped Tucker for an older and less expensive bat. The White Sox think spending $34 million plus a posting fee on a player is a big deal. The fact is that all of these teams could spend more if they wanted to but still aren’t. You should be more upset with those teams than the Dodgers who make their fans happy by spending big. that's also what happens when a fan buys a ticket
January 16Jan 16 23 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: So as long as they are theoretically “beatable” you are ok with a team being able to spend +4x the amount as certain small market teams? It's a great example of management who looks their employees straight in the eyes and effectively tells them, sure I could be doing more, but why aren't YOU doing more.
January 16Jan 16 25 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: So as long as they are theoretically “beatable” you are ok with a team being able to spend +4x the amount as certain small market teams? I mean it's not theoretical, it's real. Spending 4 times the amount won them 93 games, only 3 more than San Diego. You'd think all this money would win them like 130 games a season or something but it doesn't. So while spending money certainly helps, it isn't everything. Milwaukee won 97 games last year, won their division by 5 games. Small market team in a division with a large market team. There are other examples. Until the data represents the Dodgers spending an exorbitant amount of money on players equals them singlehandedly monopolizing the league year after year after year through wins and championships, to answer your question yes I am completely fine with them being able to spend 4x the amount of other teams. Edited January 16Jan 16 by Ducksnort
January 16Jan 16 11 hours ago, Capn12 said: is twitter down for anyone else? can't load tweets in the app or in browser
January 16Jan 16 54 minutes ago, Ducksnort said: Viewership has actually increased in recent years, with 2025 showing significant gains. The sport is getting more popular. Plus, the Dodgers didn't exactly dominate last season when talking wins and losses. They also barely, by the skin of the skin of their teeth, won the WS. They are still beatable. Without Tucker last year, they won 93 games. That's not exactly earth shattering. It's not like Tucker is going to make them even a 100 win team. Let them spend if they have the money. There's enough good players to go around at the moment. The winning teams viewership has to outweigh the teams who can't have nice things or in a forever rebuild. With price of streaming that will always go up eventually people just stop. I can no longer justify the price of even a spring training ticket. How many people can turn on a TV to watch a game without having an upgrade type package. It still lags compared to the NFL and NBA. Post season wins matter. The Brewers are the best record team that falls short.
January 16Jan 16 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25261796-dodgers-reportedly-earned-entirety-shohei-ohtanis-700m-contract-1st-season Per MLB insider Joon Lee, the Dodgers made back the "entirety" of that $700 million investment during Ohtani's first season through ticket sales, merchandise sales and worldwide marketing deals. 🥲 f*** you Jerry Reinsdorf, f*** you.
January 16Jan 16 17 minutes ago, joejoesox said: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25261796-dodgers-reportedly-earned-entirety-shohei-ohtanis-700m-contract-1st-season 🥲 f*** you Jerry Reinsdorf, f*** you. While he’s obviously not on Ohtani’s level, hopefully Murakami starts a new era for the Sox.
January 16Jan 16 32 minutes ago, kitekrazy said: The winning teams viewership has to outweigh the teams who can't have nice things or in a forever rebuild. With price of streaming that will always go up eventually people just stop. I can no longer justify the price of even a spring training ticket. How many people can turn on a TV to watch a game without having an upgrade type package. It still lags compared to the NFL and NBA. Post season wins matter. The Brewers are the best record team that falls short. The teams in forever rebuilds have more problems than just money. Its ineptitude. Pittsburgh, Colorado, Angels. I think the Sox are finally making the right moves and are digging themselves out of the hole. When Jerry is no longer invested in the team and Ishbia comes on the scene, we will be in much better shape. The foundation is being laid for long term success. On the topic of viewership, while it has risen, the league does need to make it less difficult to watch. Honestly this extends beyond just baseball, but there's no reason MLB can't be the leaders in this. Make every team accessible to watch no matter where someone lives and put it on one source. Stop dicking around with all the different media companies. (I know, obviously that's where the money is at).
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