SEATTLE MARINERS By Jansen Crossley

Mariners Professional Roster and players salary Pitchers NO.NAMEPOSAGESALARY 49Blake BeavanSP24$506,700 58Carter CappsRP22$491,700 41Charlie FurbushRP26$504,500 34Felix HernandezSP26$20,557,143 18Hisashi IwakumaSP31$6,500,000 31Kameron LoeRP31$1,050,000 44Lucas LuetgeRP26$495,500 37Brandon MaurerSP22$490,000 59Oliver PerezRP31$1,500,000 46Stephen PryorRP23$492,200 23Joe SaundersSP31$6,000,000 54Tom WilhelmsenRP29$509,100 Catchers NO.NAMEPOSAGESALARY 63Jesus MonteroC23$503,300 7Kelly ShoppachC32$1,500,000 Infielders NO.NAMEPOSAGESALARY 13Dustin Ackley2B25$2,700,000 3Robert AndinoSS28$1,600,000 26Brendan RyanSS31$3,250,000 15Kyle Seager3B25$510,400 17Justin Smoak1B26$514,000 Outfielders NO.NAMEPOSAGESALARY 12Jason BayLF34$1,000,000 21Franklin GutierrezCF30$7,312,500 38Michael MorseLF31$7,000,000 55Michael SaundersRF26$512,600 Designated Hitters NO.NAMEPOSAGESALARY 28Raul IbanezDH40$2,750,000 8Kendrys MoralesDH29$5,250,000 Mariners total salary cap out of their non-minor leagues is $73,499,643

Annual Revenue -Safeco Field holds 47,116 people -The non club seats hold 45,611 people, the average ticket price for these seats is $ The club seats averages at $380 and there are 1,380 seats available. -Therefore, the total Revenue for a sold out game=$2.3 million -However the mariners rarely sell out, there average game attendance is half of their max. capacity. So $2.3 million/2 = $1.1million -81 home games a season x 1.1 (average revenue) = $92 million a year

Conclusion - The annual salary of players on Mariners MLB roster is $73.5 million. - The annual ticket sales=$92 million. -The Mariners make $18.5 million a year.

Factors That Would Effect a Business Positives -Resources going down in price. -High demand in your product. -Lowering of taxes means more profit. -Few rivals for consumers‘ to choose from Negatives -Economic downturn -Little demand for product -Lots of competitors -Little profit- due to lack of sales and overpaid employees.

How A Sports Team Loses Money -High salary cap on a losing team, which means low ticket sales, which therefore means that the ownership is paying out of their own pocket. -If salary is higher then revenue and sponsorship, the team will lose money. -Low ticket sales, bad teams, and a sports team in the wrong market, will evidently lose money, due to no cash flow coming in.