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Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei scoffed when a Wall Street analyst recently suggested to him that the Braves are worth about $650 million, which is $200 million more than the company paid for the team seven years ago.
"Oh, that's way light," Maffei replied.
He added: "If you've got another Braves to sell me at 650, I'll buy them, let's put it that way."
"Not only were they part of a tax-oriented transaction with Time Warner," Maffei said, "but the reality is two big upticks -- a re-cut TV deal for a bunch of reasons and a new stadium -- both are very helpful in increasing value for the Braves."
The Braves' revenue increased by $36 million to $261 million last year, following a $17 million increase in 2012, according to Liberty's financial filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Braves' operating income (revenue minus operating expenses) before depreciation, amortization and certain special charges increased by $20 million to $42 million last year, according to the filings.
Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei scoffed when a Wall Street analyst recently suggested to him that the Braves are worth about $650 million, which is $200 million more than the company paid for the team seven years ago.
"Oh, that's way light," Maffei replied.
He added: "If you've got another Braves to sell me at 650, I'll buy them, let's put it that way."
"Not only were they part of a tax-oriented transaction with Time Warner," Maffei said, "but the reality is two big upticks -- a re-cut TV deal for a bunch of reasons and a new stadium -- both are very helpful in increasing value for the Braves."
The Braves' revenue increased by $36 million to $261 million last year, following a $17 million increase in 2012, according to Liberty's financial filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Braves' operating income (revenue minus operating expenses) before depreciation, amortization and certain special charges increased by $20 million to $42 million last year, according to the filings.
There you go. Something happened to that tv deal in a positive way for the Braves. Braves officials don't want it out there cause they don't want our players' agents to know about it. jmo.
Yeah, I didn't know about this (the 40 game thing was just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic).
This is a rather huge development. And if, in fact, the Braves were keeping that fact (and those terms) close to the vest, I wonder how they feel about Maffei spilling the beans.
Lolololololol
This is why I have said in the past that we have no clue what the payroll is going to be. I think what all these extensions are saying is that the organization is comfortable that the future payroll will increase dramatically. It would not shock me if the Braves end up having a payroll around 13-140 by the time they move into the new stadium.
Buster_ESPN: Chris Johnson's deal with ATL: $23.5 million over three years, with a $10 million option.
$7.83MM AAV. Could really go either way. I wonder if there's a buyout.
Buster_ESPN: Chris Johnson's deal with ATL: $23.5 million over three years, with a $10 million option.
$7.83MM AAV. Could really go either way. I wonder if there's a buyout.
Thats about as fair of deal as can be expected. Johnson was going to make a lot in arbitration because he was a super 2 and goes thru the process 4 times.
Like anyone anyone actually wants to live in Minnesota. It took 24 million a year to convince Mauer to stay and its his home state.
Something like 6M, 7M, 10M. With the 10M option. I don't think Johnson will age particularly well. I would expect WAR of 2, 1.5, 1 over 2015-2017. It isn't an awful deal. But not a bargain either. It would be nice if Justin Upton approached the club about an extension.
I suspect some of the 23.5 million is either in a signing bonus or buyout too.
Pretty sure the Yankees could have matched or offered more anyway. Minnesota as a state has zero to do with it.
That part is unlikely to be much more than 1M.
He's making 4.75M this year. I would guess his arb numbers the next two years would have been 6.5 and 8.5. He is giving us a discount relative to those numbers. But in exchange he gets the security. And he gets about 10M in his first post-arb season. That is his age 32 season. Obviously the deal turns on how you think he ages. Every player is different in that regard. But the slower, less athletic players tend to age worse. Also the guys who get to the majors at a relatively late age also tend to age worse.