
Effectively Wild Episode 1985: Season Preview Series: Padres and Reds
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Padres' Season Preview
The Padres are one of the teams like the Reds involved in the Diamond Sports bankruptcy and a Bally Sports broadcast team. Forbes has the Padres up 11% again because their stadium revenue tickets suites advertising should compensate they say for any decline in local TV revenue. For 2026 the Padres already have the second most money committed of any team behind the Yankees so is there a point at which it might be difficult to maintain this? Peter Sideler: As long as as many Machado and Zender Bogart are in their prime and you've got two more years of Juan Foto then there's a very clear window in the here and now.
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