Colorado Rockies: What relegation could look like in MLB

There’s another way that MLB could make a ton with RSN’s

The other way that MLB will make a killing is not only through new RSN deals (which are often hundreds of millions of dollars) but also through its own streaming. Not only would MLB Network be on in more homes (more people actually invested in the sport), but MLB.TV would vastly increase its users.

They would have more people trying to watch their home team’s games when they wouldn’t have before (I know I would watch Round Rock Express games along with Colorado Rockies games if I wasn’t too lazy to buy MiLB.TV). Millions of potential new customers, just waiting in the wings.

On top of all of this, October ratings will skyrocket. Most likely, the Class A playoff games won’t be placed on their RSNs, or if they are, they will simulcast it with national coverage. No, the reason RSN ratings will go up is for the Survival Cup and Golden Ticket Series.

People who had stopped watching their awful team will care if there’s a chance they will lose their spot in Class A or B, and regions that have just fought through a grueling season to win their league championship will play for the chance to move up and get that much closer to a World Series.

So much would be on the line for 38 different markets every single year. If those games are not nationally televised, those RSNs would see their best ratings in months and not only for the teams whose fans stopped caring in the middle of the season.