LA Angels Monday News Crash: Streaming

See, I figure that’s the case too. With what teams cost. Unless you’re Kronkie or what ever. But the fact is a lot of teams are owned by GROUP and they still suck. The A’s. The Marlins. Literally a dozen more…. not mom and pop single owner, but still shitty.

The sad fact is, a “business group” is very often times in it to maximize profits. And with what a busted ass FA contract costs now days, in most markets, it’s better to waste as little money as possible while letting the team’s valuation increase. The massive money to be made buying a championship in La or New York just isn’t there for a team in Phoenix… or even the secondary team in Chicago.

I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. WHEN Arte sells, it will be to people who expect to make money. These people will not be finding a dozen magical new ways to make hundreds of millions of new dollars per year. They will likely be less stupid than Arte spending what the team makes, but the team will still basically be making the same ballpark figure year in and year out that it does now. So they may spend more on scouts and the farm because it’s smart. But it won’t be 200% more. And the payroll is just as likely to go down a little as up. It’s not gonna be ranked much higher than the team value rank…. as it has been with Arte. May go down with fewer stupid contracts. May also go down cause it makes the GROUP more money. Sure, they’ll likely do the “introductory spending orgy” like John Henry did with the Red Sox. But ten years later? #7-9 payroll.

We’ll have to see what NewOwnerzTheUnicorm does is places like Baltimore long term.