SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLB

Sample Team 04 (MLB)

The Sample Team 04 (MLB) average 30,323 fans per game in 2025, 74.0% of a 41,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 84.6% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

30,323

% of capacity

74.0%

Resale premium

+29%

Market viability

9

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$27
  • Average$58
  • Premium seats$180

Average face value $45. Resale average runs +29% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

84.6%
Payroll
$194.5M
Cap
$230.0M
Space
$35.5M

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$2.35B

+6.8% CAGR

  • 2021
    $1.80B
  • 2022
    $1.91B
  • 2023
    $2.05B
  • 2024
    $2.27B
  • 2025
    $2.35B

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $15.5M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 10, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 9 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)0
  • Resale premium (25%)0
  • Valuation growth (20%)0
  • Metro population (15%)11
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)69

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