The home team is turning away fans en masse and recent TV ratings don't bode well for the franchise going forward.
Of course . . . There's the hope the streaming services and costly Internets options will pick up the slack.
However . . .
We can't imagine anyone paying for the luxury of watching a team lose 106 games.
Here's an upbeat view of the damage . . .
"The Royals had the second-largest decline in local TV viewership in baseball, according to reporting from Sports Business Journal, with a 30 percent drop in ratings, behind only the Chicago White Sox. The Royals tied a club record with 106 losses, their third 100+ loss season in the last six years. These numbers seem to reflect traditional television ratings without including streaming numbers on Bally Sports+. Overall, the Royals had a TV rating of 2.60, which was still the 15th-highest out of 30 teams. Royals local TV ratings have historically done well in the Kansas City metro area, even in poor seasons."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Royals suffer second-largest drop in baseball in local TV viewership
No surprise there.
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