Darren Rovell from CNBC has a new column up, refuting a recent AP report about Baseball attendance being down. His points about comparing apples to apples (or in this case Aprils to Aprils) and reduced capacity at Citifield are good ones, and I don’t really take issue with anything he wrote.
What I found most interesting that could have implications for the Yankees was this:
TEAM % CHANGE Washington Nationals Down 30.4% Detroit Tigers Down 28.2% New York Mets Down 23.4%* Toronto Blue Jays Down 23.4% Atlanta Braves Down 18.9% *New stadium, % capacity is actually up
To paraphrase the head of GM, sales drops that big are “unsustainable for any business”. You can’t lose a quarter of your revenues and not be forced into making dramatic cost cutting moves. Of the teams that are on the list, the Blue Jays and Tigers are the most interesting. Unless they find themselves in a heated pennant race that draws fans interest, expect both to be sellers at the mid season trade deadline. Roy Halladay and Magglio Ordonez would provide the most return and salary relief in both cases. Atlanta could be sellers as well, with Tim Hudson as a likely candidate.
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Steve,
Very interesting vector that you have tumbled to here. Halladay would be a dream but I think that means Hughes and montero (or Jackson). I would make that trade but would cry about it. What was the decline for the Yankees.
I’m not sure the Yanks will get Halladay, the price will likely be higher within the division/league than it will be for some NL team, as was the case with Santana. But I have no doubt they will bid on him, and aggressively.
I must disagree.
The Yanks may bid on Halladay but, I don’t see them giving up players like A-Jax, Montero, Phil or even IPK. Not a chance of it happening, Cash wants to go younger.
We already have 1st, 3rd, SS and CC/AJ with long contracts…I don’t look for Cashman making more long contracts.