Jon Heyman of CBS Sports says ?word is? the Dodgers may try for ?another big free-agent starter.?
And it?s pretty easy to believe those whispers.
According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, the Dodgers have $210.1 million in salary commitments for 2013 and will pay another $22 million in luxury tax (for a total sum of $233+ million). But their new 25-year local television contract with FOX Sports West is going to bring in over $240 million per season and so they?re still ? as amazing as it might sound ? operating with great comfort financially.
The Cardinals, for comparison, make under $30 million?annually from their television rights deal with FOX Sports Midwest, which is locked in through 2017. Their player payroll in 2012 was just over $110 million.
The Dodgers could sign Anibal Sanchez, or Kyle Lohse, or finally work out an agreement with Korean left-hander Ryu Hyun-Jin, knowing full well that the club will still be highly?profitable. Big national television money is coming, and Dodger Stadium hosts three million fans practically very summer. Then there?s the high-dollar revenue from things like merchandise, concessions and parking.
Handing a record-breaking free agent contract to a guy who?s not even an ace seems crazy, but it simply isn?t for the Dodgers. And they?re not done yet.
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