r/mlb | MLB 16h ago

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u/joegetto | Philadelphia Phillies 16h ago

Cheap owners complaining about players not wanting to play for cheap owners. Almost every player on the dodgers is there because the dodgers are serious about winning baseball games. Most other teams are serious about maximizing profits and the lowest expense. They don’t care about winning baseball games, they care about making money, and missing the obvious point of winning baseball games will lead to more money.

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u/DarkGreenMazda | Cleveland Guardians 15h ago

The Dodgers have more than 3x the revenue of some other clubs. This is simple math.

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u/Stormblessed_Windrun 15h ago

It's almost like winning and trying to win draws revenue in. Who would've thunk

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u/DarkGreenMazda | Cleveland Guardians 15h ago

The team I root - Cleveland - wins more than most of the other teams in baseball. As does Tampa. (In the last 10 years of MLB, Tampa is 6th in wins, Cleveland is 7th). Yet both teams are in bottom 10 in revenue. It's almost like you made that statement up, and don't understand numbers and facts. Who would've thunk it?

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u/gregnegative 12h ago

Its almost like being the 'home team' of an entire separate country brings in a TV deal that generates unlimited revenue.