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ProfessorGAC

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14. Their Total Player Payroll...
Sat Mar 30, 2024, 03:17 PM
Mar 2024

...is easily under 40% of per team revenue.
Ownership isn't even trying. There is no way to justify taking in $140 million more in revenue than they're putting into the product on the field. By contrast, the Dodgers are spending about $58 of every hundred bucks on player salaries. My Cubs are over 50% (last year) & a but higher this year (with '24 revenues, obviously, estimated).
40% is not trying. And as a kid, my favorite AL team was the A's (KC, later Oakland.)

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Yep I'm watching it now. Diamond_Dog Mar 2024 #1
Great night for Bieber, right? Auggie Mar 2024 #2
It sure is. Diamond_Dog Mar 2024 #4
Sadly, yes Auggie Mar 2024 #6
Since I don't follow things like this very closely, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #3
It would be in a small park, Auggie Mar 2024 #5
Don't forget. that number is for the empty seats. usonian Mar 2024 #7
Thanks for the math Auggie Mar 2024 #8
BTW, Stephen Vogt's first game as an MLB manager is a win Auggie Mar 2024 #9
Stephen is THE BEST. usonian Mar 2024 #10
What did they expect when they announced they were moving the team? Bleacher Creature Mar 2024 #11
Their Total Player Payroll... ProfessorGAC Mar 2024 #14
Great "fast one," Auggie. True Dough Mar 2024 #12
Thanks, but it's not my idea Auggie Mar 2024 #13
16,905 fans at Progressive Field today True Dough Apr 2024 #15
They took 3 out of 4 from Boston last week at Fenway Auggie Apr 2024 #16
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