SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLB

Sample Team 02 (MLB)

The Sample Team 02 (MLB) average 32,000 fans per game in 2025, 78.0% of a 41,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 89.5% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

32,000

% of capacity

78.0%

Resale premium

+53%

Market viability

40

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 5, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$32
  • Average$69
  • Premium seats$221

Average face value $45. Resale average runs +53% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 5, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

89.5%
Payroll
$205.8M
Cap
$230.0M
Space
$24.2M

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 5, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$2.73B

+8.4% CAGR

  • 2021
    $1.97B
  • 2022
    $2.17B
  • 2023
    $2.32B
  • 2024
    $2.52B
  • 2025
    $2.73B

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 5, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $19.5M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 5, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 40 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)16
  • Resale premium (25%)14
  • Valuation growth (20%)100
  • Metro population (15%)27
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)79

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