World Series Champions, Texas Rangers 2023-2024 Offseason Thread

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Diamond Sports announces Amazon investment in comeback plan

Diamond Sports has reached a deal with Amazon which will see the streamer take a huge role in the company coming out of bankruptcy.

awfulannouncing.com

Bankrupt Diamond Sports Group, parent company of Bally Sports Regional Sports Network, announced this morning its creditors have agreed to a plan to emerge from Chapter 11, but MLB is not on board.

MLB not coming to terms means, unlike with the NBA and NHL, there is no agreement to end their teams’ contracts at the end of the current season. So the 11 MLB teams with Bally Sports deals will continue under the umbrella for linear past 2024 until the end of their contracts. Five of the teams also have digital rights deals with Bally Sports, and those will now be offered on Amazon Prime. Those five are the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays.

The agreements DSG has with the NBA and NHL, and was striving to sign with MLB, end all the team contracts early and in some cases cut the rights fees. MLB could not come to terms, and now it appears the 11 teams will stay under the Bally brand beyond this upcoming season.

For MLB that is a disappointment as it has its own aggressive effort underway to create a local media business. That business stepped in to back up the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres after DSG stepped away from those deals. MLB envisioned assembling multiple teams rights and offering digital packages for in-market rights the way it has for out of market rights through MLB.TV.

 

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[Kelleyman]

This is real hardball. The streaming rights appear to be at stake and they want to lowball the Rangers.
Looks like the judge wants to force Rangers hand

 

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Just 28 days until pitchers and catchers report.

 

[scotsman#1948]

dsmn we missed on another cheap player. Sandy Leon signs with the Royals

 

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[scotsman#1948]

wonder if he can pitch

 

[Nightcrawler]

What is Langford better at than Carter? I’m assuming he hits lefties way better than Carter for starters.

 

[Duane1952]

Hope he makes the team. Doesn’t look like they want to pay Garcia.

 

[Kelleyman]

Just 28 days until pitchers and catchers report.

Believe the 69 man IL opens then opening up roster spots

 

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What is Langford better at than Carter? I’m assuming he hits lefties way better than Carter for starters.

Some have Carter ranked above Langford.

Langford will hit for more power.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Hope he makes the team. Doesn’t look like they want to pay Garcia.

The Garcia thing is a shame.

 

[scotsman#1948]

Hope he makes the team. Doesn’t look like they want to pay Garcia.

don't agree with your assessment on Garcia. this was Garcia's first arbitration and initially a lot of sites showed his probable salary at $5.5M so what the Rangers offered match up closely with that with Garcia's posting much higher than the probable. Spotrac is now indicating they will reach an agreement around $6M. this is typical 1st year arbitration.