Part two of Barry Jackson’s series on the Marlins finances focus on the payroll projections:
According to numbers in an August copy of Project Wolverine, the team’s projected 2018 payroll will be $100 million, but the projected payroll for this coming season is actually $90 million or a bit above without those pension benefits and other costs.
Subtracting $10 million in those payments from future listed payrolls in the August copy of Wolverine, the Marlins project payrolls of $81 million in 2019, $84.8 million in 2020, $116 million in 2021 and $118.7 million in 2022.
One reason for the projected payroll jump in 2021: The Marlins project local broadcast revenue to jump from $20.1 million in 2020 to $51.6 million in 2021.
Fox and the Marlins have been discussing a new contract beyond the expiration of their deal after the 2020 season, but nothing is considered imminent.
A May version of Project Wolverine also included payroll projections from 2023 to 2027, ranging from $127 million to $179 million.
Those payroll numbers depend on the Marlins meeting their attendance and sponsorship numbers. The question remains, how do you drive attendance up after selling off many of the best players on the team?
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2CyGsxZ
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