Originally posted by DeepNinerValue:
Dodgers are owned by the Guggenheim group, who have around $330 billion in AUM. Giants ownership is estimated around $6-10 Billion. lol.
The discrepancy of the capital for both orgs is irrelevant here because both are packed and then some for assembling All Star teams. The operating stream is. True, LA has much bigger revenue stream and thus given the same spendings (including payroll) has the ability to retain the larger profits. Or retain the same profits by spending overwhelmingly more. The Giants can match the Dodgers spendings and retain smaller profits. If they have that desire, which they don't. Or can't due to ownership structure.
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
It's not just the revenue as I pointed out above. There are several teams that are willing to pay but the players are going to go to a team that has the best chance of winning if the offers are similar. The Giants were willing to pay and they have one of the higher payrolls but hitters routinely turn them down bcause it's not a hitters park. They've been able to sign some pitchers but as we saw last year that's a risk. Arm troubles are always lurking. I've always been leery of signing high priced pitchers to any long term deal.
You are correct on "If the offers are similar". Redesign the park to make it more hitter friendly or the other option that comes to mind is clearly obvious.