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How Does David Ortiz Stack Up to Other Veterans That Went to Salary Arbitration Hearings?
The waiting game to see whether David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox will go to arbitration hearing is in its final hours. And while it could be rescheduled, the sides are scheduled to make their cases before a panel of arbitrators on Monday.
As detailed on Thursday, the odds of the sides going to hearing are slim based on the amount of money that could be lost:
[Ortiz is] seeking...
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For 2012 Season, MLB.TV Premium Sub Includes Free Copy of At Bat, Streaming to Xbox
While full details will not be available till 2/29, some good news is already coming in for fans that are looking to stream MLB games via computer, and other devices.
For the first time, a subscription to MLB.TV Premium ($124.99 for the season, up from $120 last season) will come with a free copy of At Bat 12 (released on 2/29, details then). Last year, At Bat 11 cost $15.00.
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JetBlue Adorns Plane in Red Sox “Uniform”
No, there wasn’t a player signing at Boston’s Logan International Airport, but there was a uniform unveiling, of sorts.
Red Sox sponsorship partner JetBlue unveiled an Airbus A320 in Red Sox colors today marking the first time a commercial airliner has worn an MLB “uniform”. The unveiling was done with JetBlue’s Senior VP of Marketing and Commercial Strategy Marty...
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Why David Ortiz, Red Sox Unlikely To Go to Salary Arbitration Hearing
As a free agent, only a handful of players accept salary arbitration when it is offered them, as most opt to test the market. But, there are a handful of such players each year, and 2012 is no different with Kelly Johnson (Blue Jays), Francisco Rodriguez (Brewers), and David Ortiz (Red Sox) being in that class.
But, it’s Ortiz that has become an overlooked case, one that has vast...
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LWIB (Part II): Are the Wilpons and Katz Keeping the Mets? Plus Tidbits
This week, a second edition of “Last Week in Bizball”. Can Wilpon and Katz keep the Mets?, plus the tidbits.
ARE WILPON AND KATZ KEEPING THE METS?
Where to start with the Mets woes? Irving Picard, representing the victims of Bernie Madoff, is attempting to extract close to $400 million from Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz (aka Sterling Equities). The Mets operating losses...
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2012 Will See More MLB Salary Arbitration Hearings Than 2011
With Marlins SS Emilio Bonifacio going to hearing today, 2012 will pass last year in terms of the number of salary arbitration hearings that will take place.
Last year, just three players went to salary arbitration hearing with their respective clubs (Ross Ohlendorf- Pirates, Jered Weaver – Angels, and Hunter Pence – Astros) with all but Weaver having the arbitration panel rule...
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Last Week in Bizball: MLB Teams are Media Companies.
This week in “Last Week in Bizball”, MLB teams are media companies.
These past handful of seasons, MLB attendance and regular season national TV ratings have been pretty much flat. The overall ratings trends for MLB’s marquee TV events, the ASG and WS, are clearly downward. MLB’s fan base is easily the oldest amongst the “big 4”. The building boom of retro/Americana...
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Why Jeff Niemann Will Likely Lose His Salary Arbitration Hearing With the Rays
On the same day that a panel of three arbitrators ruled in favor of the Washington Nationals over John Lannan in the first salary arbitration hearing of 2012, Jeff Niemann and the Tampa Bay Rays made salary arbitration cases before a panel comprised of arbitrators James Oldham, Howard Edelman and Mark Irvings.
Based upon history (and comps this salary arb season), Niemann is likely...
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Lannan Salary Arbitration Hearing Key for Nationals
The first salary arbitration hearing for 2012 took place yesterday between LHP pitcher John Lannan and the Washington Nationals.
Beyond it being the first hearing of the year (it’s likely that the results of it will be made known today), as arb hearings go, it’s a substantive one for the Nationals.
Lannan has his work cut out for him if history holds court. From 2005...
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Baseball Infographic: Swing in the Blink of an Eye
Baseball is an amazing thing... short of being a metorologist, where can you fail more that succeed and keep your job? For that matter, you hit into play fair 1/4 of the time, you're going straight to the Hall of Fame.
The reason for it's difficulty are based on a couple of things, none the least of which is reaction time. How so? Check this infographic:
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LWIB: All "Tidbits" Edition Including Indians TV Rights, Liberty Media & The Braves, and Much More
This week in “Last Week in BizBall“, an all tidbits edition including Indians TV rights, Liberty Media & the Braves, the annual Harris Poll and more.
LWIB, The Plain Dealer published this piece from Bill Lubinger detailing the growing importance of local TV rights in MLB. This trend became glaringly obvious when the Angels new 20yr/$3 billion deal with Fox Sports West...
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Combined Salaries for A-Rod, Pujols, and Fielder More Than GDP of 12 Countries
It’s often said that players in MLB “make too much money.” In relationship to some professions (teachers often get cited), the relationship in pay gets brought up. Of course, when you really think about it, MLB is really a form of entertainment. It’s a capitalism thing – supply and demand – if people didn’t pay the money they did to watch games and purchase merchandise...
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Why the NFL Kills All Pro Sports in Television Ratings
The NFL is king. Or, at least it’s king on television. No matter your sports allegiance, it’s an undeniable fact. To put this in perspective, the Conference Championship games this past weekend averaged 53.7 million, making it the most watched Conference Championship Sunday since 1982. The Giants-Niners game on FOX drew 57.6 million viewers to rank as the third most-watched conference...
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LWIB: Paperless Ticketing and the Secondary Market, Plus Tidbits
This week in “Last Week in BizBall“, paperless ticketing and the secondary market, plus tidbits.
PAPERLESS TICKETING & THE SECONDARY MARKET
Last month I blogged about the problems that secondary ticketing has created for many MLB franchises. Many clubs believe that the secondary market has diminished the value of their season tickets and hurt their walk up gate. Within...
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Complete List of 2012 MLB Players That Exchanged Figures in Salary Arbitration
As we’ve done for several seasons now, The Biz of Baseball has been updated to give you all the players that have exchanges figures as part of the salary arbitration process.
(SEE SALARY ARBITRATION FIGURES)
The table is broken out by:
Player
Club
Position
Major League Service Time
Number of Times Player In Arb Process (Includes listing Super Twos)
Player Asking Figure...
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Busy Day in Beantown Betrays New Budget Conscious BoSox
Dan Shaughnessy, who long ago did his heel turn, had already blasted the club’s ownership for the penny pinching ways, when Red Sox GM compounded the complaints with a text book salary dump sending designated starting shortstop Marco Scutaro to the Colorado Rockies for righty Clayton Mortensen.
The move perplexes Rob Neyer. And the overall tenor of the offseason has largely...
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Following the Money In the Yu Darvish Posting Fee and Contract
Yu Darvish has been signed with the Rangers. Here's the breakdown
With 5 minutes left before the deadline to get him signed, agent Arn Tellem and the Texas Rangers agreed on a six-year, $56 million deal that sees $49 million of it guaranteed and the 2017 salary of $11 million a player option based on certain awards. According to Cot’s Contracts, that player option kicks...
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As 2012 MLB Season Approaches, Blackout Policy Likely to Remain
File this one in the “broken record” department: prepare for yet another season of MLB’s blackout policy remaining in place.
The reason for the broken record? This story has been written repeatedly for years. A source at MLB said that for all practical purposes, the matter will likely not be addressed for the upcoming season.
For the uninitiated, the question is, “Why should...
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Arbitration Watch: AL East Teams at the Deadline
Orioles Ink Johnson, but swap figures with their other arbitration eligible players
Dan Connolly tweeted word of Jim Johnson's one year, $2.625 million agreement with the Orioles on Arbitration Deadline Day. The righthanded reliever's new deal represents a 169.2% raise over his 2011 salary of $975,000. In his age 28 season, Johnson posted career bests in innings, strikeouts...
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Complete 2012 Spring Training Schedule Released
The first 2012 Spring Training exhibition will be held on Wednesday, February 29th in Clearwater, Florida, where the Philadelphia Phillies will host Florida State University, while the first Cactus League game will be in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, March 2nd, when the Seattle Mariners will visit the Oakland Athletics in a preview of Japan Opening Series 2012, Major League Baseball...
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LWIB: MLBAM and "TV Everywhere" Plus Mega-Tidbits
This week in “Last Week in BizBall“, will BAM cooperate with “TV Everywhere”?, plus the tidbits.
MLBAM AND TV EVERYWHERE
In November, in light of World Series TV ratings, I examined the state of MLB national media rights. In a nutshell, the long term national TV ratings trends for MLB’s marquee events (WS, ASG) are down but demand for rights is robust because live sports...
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Rockies Sign and Deal Seth Smith Kicking Off Arbitration Season
Sign and trade deals are more common to the NBA where a long-standing collective bargaining agreement provision enables the club re-signing a player to pay more than would be available from another club, but that didn’t stop the Colorado Rockies from first working out a one-year deal with Seth Smith and then dealing him to the Oakland Athletics for Josh Outman and Guillermo...
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Details For the 142 Players That Filed for Salary Arbitration in MLB for 2012
As part of the long-tenured agreement between MLB and the MLBPA, last night 142 players eligible filed for salary arbitration. Last year, there were 137.
The process of exchanging salary figures occurs Jan. 17, with hearings running from Feb. 1-21 in St. Petersburg, FL. Players and clubs can negotiate salaries right up to a scheduled hearing. Customarily, a flurry of signings will...
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Last Weel In Bizball Part II: MLB Tidbits Galore
This week, “Last Week in BizBall“ is divided into two editions. The first on the new CBA is here. And this is the second, the weekly tidbits.
Tim Epstein practices sports law in Chicago. LWIB, the Sports Law Blog included a post from Tim on the politics of baseball stadia in the Windy City. Tim contrasts the political circumstances and outcomes experienced by owners...
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Settlement Between Dodgers and Fox Smooths Way For Sale
The legal dispute between FOX Sports and the Dodgers over media rights has been settled in a Delaware bankruptcy court. The Dodgers had been looking to put the media rights for the Dodgers up for sale ahead of the expiration of the current agreement the LA club has with FOX. That contract has FOX having the rights to bid first as early as Nov. of this year, and does not allow for...
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