MLB lost $3.1 billion this year.

[Tenacious E]

Both of you suck at math 😂

There were no home games attended this year that I know of. There have been fans in playoffs, but don't know of any regular season fans. So, owners missed an entire season of ticket revenue

81 home games per team x 30 teams x 28,317 x $33 = $2.27 billion

 

[Nipigu]

its a big assumption that the pay cut would go to help the "front office" people

So be it.

 

[UNIowaHawk]

I dont think it's inflated at all., if anything I think it would be more. Thats about $100M per team. 81 home games worth of gate receipts, say 28K attendance per game (2019 average) at $35/ticket (just a guess) is $80M/team plus lost concessions and TV revenue.

 

[86Hawkeye]

This may be a bit inflated, but I expect a significant deflation of player salaries is looming. We have already seen thousands of layoffs across MLB front offices.
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2020/10/26/mlb-reportedly-lost-3-1-billion-in-2020/

The MLB is not filled with intelligent owners.

The still maintained their stupid TV blackout rules despite basically empty stadiums during the season.

They deserve to lose billions.

 

[Douglas C. Neidermeyer]

The Cardinals will not exercise their option on Kolten Wong, and will pay him $1 million to walk away. He would have been owed $11.5 million in 2021.
Im telling you guys, a lot of serviceable players are going to hit the market earlier than thought, and they are not going to get what they think they are worth.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.st...bf2e1946-25a3-5421-9d0d-7e758161f17d.amp.html

That’s just wong…