SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLB

Sample Team 01 (MLB)

The Sample Team 01 (MLB) average 38,973 fans per game in 2025, 95.1% of a 41,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 109.5% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

38,973

% of capacity

95.1%

Resale premium

+164%

Market viability

72

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 13, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$57
  • Average$119
  • Premium seats$404

Average face value $45. Resale average runs +164% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 13, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

109.5%
Payroll
$251.8M
Cap
$230.0M
Space
-$21.8M

Tick mark: 100% of cap. MLB has no hard cap; its figure is the luxury tax threshold.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 13, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$4.38B

+7.5% CAGR

  • 2021
    $3.28B
  • 2022
    $3.38B
  • 2023
    $3.83B
  • 2024
    $4.17B
  • 2025
    $4.38B

Valuations are third-party estimates. Once real data runs, each will read "reported by" its publisher.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 13, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $37.1M per year.

National MLB contracts are shared league-wide and listed on the sources page once ingested.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 13, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 72 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)83
  • Resale premium (25%)80
  • Valuation growth (20%)46
  • Metro population (15%)66
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)81

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