Regional sports networks are very lucrative. They are paying a tremendous amount for content, and in return demand stars to generate ratings. In a small market, a Cano or Votto can carry the ratings. Bigger markets demand more stars to hold interest.

I wonder if the regional sports networks charge more for commercials on a day where a Kershaw, Verlander or King Felix is pitching?

With Jeter retiring after this year, YES nework ratings will tank, if A-Rod doesn't rejoin the team.

Who knows what the market will bear 10yrs from know. The Dodgers contract, which looks great know, may hamstring them in a decade. I have no clue why a team like that didn't just create their own network.