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I don't even know how to respond to this.

Yup, but the question was: what's the contract, that guarantees he stays? That's the amount that guarantees he stays and avoids FA.

Yankees ticket sales are approximately 47% of their annual revenue. Almost every other team is under 40%, so the Sox and Yankees probably value their ticket sales more than most franchises. Least important ticket sales: Marlins - 16% A's - 15% Rays - 14%

Seems to be just under half. https://www.forbes.com/teams/boston-red-sox/ Ticket sales $187M (43%) Total revenue $434M

I think he would want to have a higher AAV. Highest AAV right now is Greinke at 34.4M.

If you give him a 8/300 contract on day 1, he signs.

I couldn't ever dvr a Sox game. I would just fast forward until runners get on base and would probably miss half the game. My FFWD button would get worn out.

Yup, because he's being traded midseason 100%.

I can't recommend this book enough: https://www.amazon.com/Cooperstown-Casebook-Baseball-Should-Plaques/dp/1250071216 Even if you don't agree with who he wants selected, the first few chapters are invaluable to any discussion concerning how players have voted into the Hall.

HOF members are the sole reason the worst of the worst got into the Hall in the first place. It was an old boys club that allowed their buddies to get in over far deserving players.

Myers would go back to OF.

Kimmi.

Approximately 80% of the viewership is for people above the age of 35, not necessarily the types that are hanging with their friends 162 times a year.

http://www.weei.com/blogs/alex-reimer/red-sox-primetime-tv-ratings-down-15-percent-season-still-near-top-league Even though the Sox were down another 15% this year, it actually was in the top 5 for programming. This means less overall eyeballs even though it's a relatively popular show. They’re not nearly as big as they were 10 years ago, but that’s probably more of a commentary on baseball than the team itself. In comparison to other clubs, the Red Sox remain at the top in terms of fan interest. They drew more than 2.9 million people to Fenway Park this year, too, ranking fourth in the American League in attendance. The problem isn't directly due to the Red Sox, but the overall popularity of the game (which has been discussed a ton on here).

Those aren't coming back though. Even the ratings for Papi's retirement tour were down. If your beloved power hitting DH is having a renaissance season and can't increase NESN's ratings in a season where the Sox won the division, nothing else can. I think more people are cutting the cord, using streaming services and just finding alternate ways to entertain themselves 162 days a year.

You can blame Dave all you want, but I guarantee that Henry approved of the deal.

No doubt!

But not enough for them to be an average HR park. It's an above average doubles and triples park. It's a below average HR park.

Baseball is the perfect sport to leave on in the background while you are on your phone telling other people how much smarter you are than them on some random message board. For the most part, I don't typically watch the full game. After putting the kids to bed, NESN isn't turned on until 8-8:30. I'm usually off to bed by 11 at the latest on a work night, so it's usually only about 2 hours of watching for me.

It's hard to say this for sure, because I can't put any reliance on the ticket sale numbers prior to 2013. For the most part, Fenway is pretty full. Their home attendance last year was 36,021 per game. The capacity is 37,731. At 81 games, there would be at most an additional 138,510 tickets you could add (and attendance is probably not total tickets sold). At $200 per ticket (most likely would be far less), that's still only an increase of $27M. There isn't enough meat on the bone for a FA signing to make a financial difference.

Jeter's plan was to cut payroll, but increase ticket sales by $5M each of the next few years. Um, ok?

OPS of 527 against LHB. Alexander's was 680. BUT THOSE HOME RUNS!!!

They don't need an expensive LH guy in the pen (and DD doesn't want one anyway). Scott and Abad were both great against LHB last year.

Now, some astute readers might wonder WELL WHAT ABOUT NESN RATINGS? http://www.weei.com/blogs/alex-reimer/red-sox-ratings-nesn-are-down-20-percent-season Though ratings were up last season (2016), the team still failed to consistently win the front page on its way to a 96-win finish. On the night of Sept. 15, for example, when Hanley Ramirez hit a walk-off home run against the Yankees –– a win that Dan Shaughnessy called “one of the greatest regular-season victories of all-time" –– more viewers were tuned into the Jets-Bills matchup on Thursday Night Football. Ratings have been trending downward for nearly the last decade. From 2004-2009, the Red Sox finished No. 1 among all local markets in TV ratings. They haven't placed higher than No. 3 among all local markets since, and have been out of the top five since 2013. If the Red Sox continue to win, more people will probably watch. But this period of seeming apathy might be the new normal. Even though the Sox are one of the best teams in baseball, the product on air is still reaching fewer and fewer eyeballs. Darvish isn't going to increase viewership. Now, it's not much of a surprise that a Sox game towards the end of an overly long season would have less viewers than an NFL game at the start of its season. However, the Yankees and Red Sox rivalry is supposed to be one of the greatest rivalries in sports. This was Papi's retirement tour with strong home attendance. If that game can't beat out a s***** Jets/Bills game shown on the NFL Network only, it says a lot about the state of baseball both in Boston and elsewhere.

Nah, I don't want JD playing OF. I really don't want Benny as a starting CF. His defense is pretty lack luster.