TigsTown: Trades Could Happen, But Not a Fire Sale

A nice analysis of why the Tigers could make trades in the coming week, but are not compelled to.

Hint: Revenues are still pretty good in Detroit.

(Via Detroit Tigers Weblog on Twitter.)

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Just adding to that

Here’s an article on the TV revenue

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by Kurt Mensching on Dec 6, 2009 11:48 AM EST reply actions

I really don’t understand why everyone is saying that they need to trim payroll. I mean I understand it’s high for the return from some of the players with these “bad” contracts, but 33mm it a pretty decent amount of money for 6 mos of air time. Seems like we could acquire a bat or 2 without blinking an eye. It’s just my opinion and I am by no means an expert. In fact I am fairly certain that most of the bloggers on this site know WAY more than me when it comes to such things as contracts and revenue regarding baseball.

by Detroitchik on Dec 6, 2009 12:05 PM EST reply actions

$130M is a high payroll. They can’t exactly go out and add much because of it. Maybe they don’t have to run out to suddenly cut expenses but it’s not a blank check to create new ones either.

Expenses are more than a payroll. You’ve got to pay all your employees, cover the entire cost of your organization and its international ventures. Pay your taxes. Pay for equipment and utilities. Service loans. Etc.

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by Kurt Mensching on Dec 6, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions