Tom Brennan - FIRST, YA GOTTA SHOW UP

Tom Brennan - FIRST, YA GOTTA SHOW UP

I hate tables, like the one below - I went to edit the table in Excel, and when I returned it from Excel, my article was gone.  POOF!  So I will try to recreate the concept briefly.

There is much discussion about the Mets' needing to stay within a spending budget.  We as Mets fans, all we hear is that we're working within a budget, that there isn't much to spend, and how should we spend our paltry ducats on middle of the road players while other teams splurge on the high profile guys.

What about the revenue side, though? 

Simply put, winning teams win more games.  An 80 game winner will, all other things being equal, draw fewer fans than if it were a 90 win team.  A 90 win team will , all other things being equal, draw fewer fans than if it were a 95 win team.

Fewer tickets get sold at big discounts when the product is more in demand, and concessions and food and beverage sales also ascend northward.

TV ratings go up too, as fans love to watch, and that drives ad revenues.

Spending well and generously can have an ameliorating impact on revenues, franchise value and the like.  And, of course, if the team makes the playoffs and gives it a nice run, that is Jackpot City for ownership.

In the table below, we see that the Yanks averaged 36,048 fans, while the big market Mets averaged a middle of the pack 30,563.  At home, the disparity is more like 9,000 fans per game at the House that Ruth Rebuilt, all of whom spend $$ on tickets, food, brews, etc.

What would a return to health for our pitchers and Cespedes, and some dandy, even if costly acquisitions do for the Mets?  What if there were even 5,000 more fannies in seats for Mets home games because last year's 70 win team becomes 2018's 92 win team?  Revenues would go up, what, $40 - $50 million? Maybe more? 

My call?  Go for the wins, spend the real money for real quality players, and buy your team a playoff lotto ticket that you might actually get to cash in, you low budget owners. 

The minor league system won't get it done for you in 2018, because you, well, didn't draft all that good in 2011-17, so spend the money, Sonny.

Also in the table below, what you see is primarily that the teams that drew more than the Mets were big market, strong teams, and smaller market, really strong teams.  Below the Mets?  Mostly lousy teams in big markets and not-very-good teams in smaller markets.  Owners, let's get Mets' attendance into the top 5 - get some real players - by spending some real money.

OK, I'm signing off before my article vanishes again.  Have a great day, and SHOW UP.



2017 Attendance		Home			Road		Overall
RK	TEAM	GMS	TOTAL	AVG	GMS	AVG	GMS	AVG
1	LA Dodgers	81	3,765,856	46,492	81	33,579	162	40,035
2	St. Louis	81	3,447,937	42,567	81	31,324	162	36,945
3	San Francisco	81	3,303,652	40,785	81	31,376	162	36,081
47	NY Yankees	79	3,146,966	39,835	81	32,354	160	36,048
5	Toronto	81	3,203,886	39,554	81	29,912	162	34,733
6	Chicago Cubs	81	3,199,562	39,500	81	34,460	162	36,980
7	LA Angels	81	3,019,583	37,278	81	27,663	162	32,471
8	Colorado	81	2,953,650	36,464	81	30,575	162	33,520
9	Boston	81	2,917,678	36,020	81	31,563	162	33,792
10	Milwaukee	81	2,558,722	31,589	81	30,530	162	31,060
11	Washington	81	2,524,980	31,172	81	29,967	162	30,570
12	Texas	81	2,507,760	30,960	81	26,699	162	28,829
13	Atlanta	81	2,505,252	30,929	79	29,230	160	30,090
14	NY Mets	80	2,460,622	30,757	81	30,372	161	30,563
15	Houston	81	2,403,671	29,674	79	27,678	160	28,689
16	Detroit	81	2,321,599	28,661	80	26,725	161	27,699
17	Kansas City	80	2,220,370	27,754	80	28,458	160	28,106
18	San Diego	81	2,138,491	26,401	81	32,161	162	29,281
19	Seattle	81	2,135,445	26,363	80	26,797	161	26,579
20	Arizona	81	2,134,375	26,350	81	31,939	162	29,144
21	Minnesota	80	2,051,279	25,640	80	27,797	160	26,719
22	Cleveland	81	2,048,138	25,285	80	27,729	161	26,499
23	Baltimore	81	2,028,424	25,042	81	29,457	162	27,250
24	Philadelphia	79	1,905,354	24,118	81	30,940	160	27,571
25	Pittsburgh	81	1,919,447	23,696	81	32,633	162	28,164
26	Cincinnati	81	1,836,917	22,677	81	32,094	162	27,386
27	Chicago White Sox	79	1,629,470	20,626	81	28,443	160	24,583
28	Miami	81	1,651,997	20,395	80	29,160	161	24,750
29	Oakland	80	1,475,721	18,446	80	29,466	160	23,956
30	Tampa Bay	80	1,253,619	15,670	81	29,898	161	22,800