It runs through 2019.

Awful, horrible deal.

Wow. That's ****ed up.

At the time it was written, KC had not seen the playoffs and the 20 mil looked good to Mr. Glass.

I wonder if it's an option for the Royals to buyout the last four years of the deal... Pay $80M to make $250M?

Why in the world would they let us do that?

And similar to the Cardinals deal.

No one will pay the Royals $250 million per year to broadcast their games.

It'll like be closer to $75 million per year, which would be a huge upgrade, but it won't happen until 2020 at the earliest.

:(

The deal stinks, but it isn't reasonable to compare it to the Dodgers deal. Their market is huge, ours is small.

Does anyone have concrete info on the Royals TV deal and when it expires? I've only seen speculation thus far.

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The idea of losing Gordon hurts me to my core. I know he's in decline in terms of his career but dude is going to maximize every ounce of his physical potential through his late 30's. Dayton will probably let him go and keep Zo for a lesser amount, but it's going to hurt seeing him come back here in an opposing uniform.

The economics of baseball still suck. :(

I'm not sure Zobrist is much cheaper than Alex. A switch-hitter who can play just about any spot on the field? And he shows no signs of slowing down. Somebody is going to pay him a ton.

We made a qualifying offer, and it is decent. If Gordon really wants to stay here, he can.

He's not accepting the QO. It's not in any way "decent" compared to what he can get elsewhere. It's merely a hedge so that Royals get a 1st rounder from any team that signs him, which makes him a tad less attractive as a free agent and also gives us a draft pick.