SMISports Money Index
Sample dataMLB

Sample Team 06 (MLB)

The Sample Team 06 (MLB) average 40,762 fans per game in 2025, 99.4% of a 41,000 seat capacity. Payroll sits at 114.9% of the cap.

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Avg attendance

40,762

% of capacity

99.4%

Resale premium

+198%

Market viability

95

Attendance

Attendance vs capacity, 2021 to 2025

Bar: average attendance. Dashed box: capacity.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 3, 2026. Fictional sample.

Tickets

Resale price ladder, 2025

  • Lowest$65
  • Average$134
  • Premium seats$461

Average face value $45. Resale average runs +198% over face.

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 3, 2026. Fictional sample.

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Payroll

Payroll vs salary cap

114.9%
Payroll
$264.2M
Cap
$230.0M
Space
-$34.2M

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 3, 2026. Fictional sample.

Valuation

Franchise valuation timeline

$4.79B

+8.3% CAGR

  • 2021
    $3.49B
  • 2022
    $3.81B
  • 2023
    $4.10B
  • 2024
    $4.27B
  • 2025
    $4.79B

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 3, 2026. Fictional sample.

Media

Media deal summary

Local media rights: $40.8M per year.

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

Source: Sample data generator (fictional), retrieved Oct 3, 2026. Fictional sample.

Composite

Market viability: 95 / 100

  • Attendance % capacity (30%)100
  • Resale premium (25%)100
  • Valuation growth (20%)92
  • Metro population (15%)100
  • Payroll efficiency (10%)70

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