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What Major League Baseball teams are worth
By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published April 20, 2006
| Rank Team | Current value | 1-yr change | Revenues | Income | | 1. New York Yankees | $1-billion | 8% | $277-million | $50-million | | 2. Boston Red Sox | 617-million | 10% | 206-million | 18.5-million | | 3. New York Mets | 604-million | 20% | 195-million | 16.1-million | | 4. Los Angeles Dodgers | 482-million | 14% | 189-million | 13.4-million | | 5. Chicago Cubs | 448-million | 12% | 179-million | 7.9-million | | 6. Washington Nationals | 440-million | 42% | 145-million | 27.9-million | | 7. St. Louis Cardinals | 429-million | 16% | 165-million | 7.9-million | | 8. Seattle Mariners | 428-million | 3% | 179-million | 7.3-million | | 9 .Philadelphia Phillies | 424-million | 8% | 176-million | 14.8-million | | 10. Houston Astros | 416-million | 17% | 173-million | 30.2-million | | 11 San Francisco Giants | 410-million | 8% | 171-million | 11.2-million | | 12. Atlanta Braves | 405-million | 6% | 172-million | 27.6-million | | 13. LA Angels of Anaheim | 368-million | 25% | 167-million | 2.6-million | | 14. Baltimore Orioles | 359-million | 5% | 156-million | 21.0-million | | 15. San Diego Padres | 354-million | 7% | 158-million | 13.0-million | | 16. Texas Rangers | 353-million | 8% | 153-million | 24.7-million | | 17. Cleveland Indians | 352-million | 10% | 150-million | 34.6-million | | 18. Chicago White Sox | 315-million | 20% | 157-million | 21.7-million | | 19. Arizona Diamondbacks | 305-million | 7% | 145-million | 21.8-million | | 20. Colorado Rockies | 298-million | 3% | 16.3-million | 145-million | | 21. Detroit Tigers | 292-million | 22% | 146-million | 3.5-million | | 22. Toronto Blue Jays | 286-million | 34% | 136-million | 29.7-million | | 23. Cincinnati Reds | 274-million | 8% | 37-million | 17.9-million | | 24. Pittsburgh Pirates | 250-million | 15% | 125-million | 21.9-million | | 25. Kansas City Royals | 239-million | 28% | 117-million | 20.8-million | | 26. Milwaukee Brewers | 235-million | 13% | 131-milllion | 22.4-million | | 27. Oakland Athletics | 234-million | 26% | 134-million | 16.0-million | | 28. Florida Marlins | 226-million | 10% | 119-million - | 11.9-million | | 29. Minnesota Twins | 216-million | 21% | 114-million | 7.0-million | | 30. Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 209-million | 19% | 116-million | 3-milion | | 20. League Average | 376-million | 15% | 158-million | 12.1-million | | Source: Forbes magazine |
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