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Originally Posted by Lathum
They really need to learn to market their players. Espn recently released its Sunday night baseball schedule for the first half of next season and the Nats aren’t in it.
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The goal for MLB and Sunday night baseball isn't to market anything. It's to collect $5.6B dollars from their TV package.
The goal for ESPN isn't to market anything, it's to generate enough eyeballs to hope to make back their insane investment.
Can I explain why the small-market Brewers are on SNB a lot in the first half? Nope, not really, unless it's really a function of who they're playing.
But when even local ratings were down 10% for the Nationals last year vs 2018 -- and now minus Rendon most likely -- it's hard to get too upset with them not being included if you look at why SNB exists at all.