According to an article dates January 19th of this year there are 12 teams getting less TV revenue than the Nats with the Orioles tied of course. That doesn't count the Blue Jays who have a special deal and the Diamondbacks who lost their TV deal and MLB handles them. A couple of other teams lost their deals also but are counted in the 12.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/each-teams-local-broadcasting-arrangement.html
The Nats are 17th in revenue.
If you look at the teams considered ahead of the Nats in TV revenue, the vast majority are in a fair amount of peril:
Angels, Braves, Cards, Cubs, Rangers are all on Bally’s. They have an emergency hearing in July where the leagues want to end their contracts since they don’t think Bally’s is feasible without being on Comcast.
A’s contract ends this year with the move.
Astros now share a team owned network with the Rockets and are probably about the same as Nats and declining.
The Wilpons still own the Mets SNY channel and are trying to offload it. They may shut it down or give it away.
Mariners were given their RSN for nothing and are probably more like 60 million and falling per year.
Orioles - pretty much in the same boat as the Nats as all the revenue goes to the teams now.
There are probably 5 teams that are in fairly good shape for the next 2-3 years:Blue Jays are in good shape with a whole country of fairly avid fans.
Phillies are about the last NBC sports deal still standing. They may be ok for a little longer, but NBC may try to get out of it at some point.
Yankees and Red Sox both are making some good money on their team owned RSNs for now, but that money is drying up every year.
Dodgers are making a boat load of money on a deal that isn’t even bringing in a quarter of the revenue that they are paying out. For some reason, it doesn’t seem in trouble.
