Baseball economics explained

This isn't easily comparable with football for a whole load of reasons.

Firstly, there are 162 regular season games (excluding playoffs) which reduces the salary cost per game.

Secondly, matchday revenue is significantly greater in terms of merchandise and catering. Each team probably draws on an immediate fan base of 30 million people.

Thirdly, batsmen like Soto can easily last until 40 years old because his game is based on power and hand/eye coordination. The physical fitness element is less important than football. Signing Soto is the equivalent of signing a 20 year old Messi for the rest of his career.

Posted By: Drinkell on December 9th 2024 at 12:17:06

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So the richest contract in sporting history has just been signed (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Dec 9, 11:37:49
- Wall to wall tv coverage and 55+ homes games each season (Other Sports) - Kev, Dec 9, 16:42:46
  - 81 home games+playoffs if they get there. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Eric Morecambe, Dec 9, 20:20:52
- Watch Money ball (n/m) (Other Sports) - footymadman, Dec 9, 16:34:17
- And in 6 years he'll get a pay rise (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 9, 15:01:53
  - Wealthiest owner in baseball… (Other Sports) - Eric Morecambe, Dec 9, 20:22:54
- Jumbo has had bigger contracts (Other Sports) - Under soil heating, Dec 9, 13:08:57
- Baseball economics explained (Other Sports) - Drinkell, Dec 9, 12:17:06
  - And the contract payments are deferred. So you might play for 5 seasons but get paid (Other Sports) - Tony Martin, Dec 9, 18:24:21
    - Not the Soto contract… (Other Sports) - Eric Morecambe, Dec 9, 20:34:42
  - 👍 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Dec 9, 13:04:56
- It’s the length of the deal which inflates it. Average per year is (Other Sports) - Legacy Fan, Dec 9, 11:45:03
  - fair point. So part of this is the (potential) longevity of players, presumably (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Dec 9, 11:48:13
  - It's roughly $1m a week (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 9, 11:45:53
    - Whatever he's on I doubt he's been guaranteed $1m a week every week for 15 years (n/m) (Other Sports) - trafford_canary, Dec 9, 11:53:12
      - Also whatever he is on, his maths is probably better than mine (n/m) (Other Sports) - Legacy Fan, Dec 9, 13:21:34
        
        However, Ronaldo earned 173m in 2023, although probably that's not all base salary (n/m) (Other Sports) - Legacy Fan, Dec 9, 13:23:38

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