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Twins PR people are gonna have their hands full.
Win playoff series for first time in forever.
Cut payroll roughly $30million while losing around $5-15million in tv rights.
Product is not available for streaming outside of mlb.tv, so blacked out for everyone in Minnesota.
They let their lovable commentator go to replace him with the radio guy.
Not a great offseason Bob.
that may be accurate - or it may not be accurate.
it has been reported that the Guardians and the Rangers will receive roughly 85% of their former deals. But - the Guardians and the Rangers had on-going contracts with Diamond/Bally. The Twins' contract had expired, so they are in a different situation.
85% of the old Twins deal would be about $46-million - a $9-million loss. that is probably the best possible deal the Twins could have received. 80% would be $44-million or an $11-million loss.
so I think it's safe to guess that the Twins will lose somewhere in the $10-million range.
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AND - FWIW - in 2022, according to Forbes magazine, the Twins had an operating loss of $30-million. only 4 teams lost more than the Twins. that was with a payroll of roughly $130- to $140-million. (sources vary on the final amount)
in 2023, the Twins payroll was at roughly $150-million. so they lost money in 2022, and they raised their payroll the next year. even with increased attendance (roughly 150,000 more), I think it's likely that the Twins had another operating loss.
and then, going into this season, they knew they were going to lose some TV revenue - they just didn't know how much revenue they were going to lose.