Anyone think Elias punishment incoming?

[makoman]

26 minutes ago, Mr. Chewbacca Jr. said:

You gotta figure they were making more money with those dumb old dudes than they are now with a bunch of random parts.

Is that the goal? 

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Mr. Chewbacca Jr. said:

I don't get why everyone gets so hot and heavy about the only alternative to the Elias-Tank-Rebuild is that they sign a bushel of washed up dudes for a bunch of money.

Sure, the Derek Lee / Jay Payton / Kevin Millar signings were dumb. But, their worst attendance was 1.7M in 2010 and they had a payroll $81M. Last year they had a payroll of $82M and had an attendance of 1.3M. 

You gotta figure they were making more money with those dumb old dudes than they are now with a bunch of random parts.

Imagine the 2008 Orioles if they'd signed Miguel Tejada to a 7/150 deal in 2006. 

I'm sure the 2019 Orioles' revenues were quite a bit higher than in 2010.  Shared revenues had to be higher.  According to this the 2010 Orioles had revenues of $175M, $251 in 2018.  Probably still in the $240+ in 2019.

The 2010 Orioles had a payroll of $81M on $175M in revenues, and a league median payroll of about $90M.  The 2019 Orioles had a payroll of $82M on $240-something in revenues and a league median of about $145M.  Unless their non-payroll expenses were dramatically greater in '19 they were much better off.