SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLB

Sample Team 03 (MLB)

The Sample Team 03 (MLB) average 34,866 fans per game in 2025, 85.0% of a 41,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 97.5% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

34,866

% of capacity

85.0%

Resale premium

+96%

Market viability

40

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 17, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$42
  • Average$88
  • Premium seats$291

Average face value $45. Resale average runs +96% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 17, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

97.5%
Payroll
$224.2M
Cap
$230.0M
Space
$5.8M

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 17, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$3.43B

+7.2% CAGR

  • 2021
    $2.60B
  • 2022
    $2.77B
  • 2023
    $2.98B
  • 2024
    $3.26B
  • 2025
    $3.43B

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 17, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $27.4M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 17, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 40 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)44
  • Resale premium (25%)39
  • Valuation growth (20%)22
  • Metro population (15%)22
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)95

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