Major League Baseball Teams For Sale (2024)

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2002-2024. In 2024, the Major League Baseball franchise with the lowest value was the Miami Marlins. The value of the Marlins was estimated at one billion U.S. dollars that year, a figure that remained unchanged from the previous year.

More Stories by Kurt. Baseball's Opening Day arrives with a new boss in Baltimore after owners unanimously approved the sale of the Orioles on Wednesday to a group led by Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein at a valuation of $1.725 billion, the third highest ever for baseball.

By comparison, the NHL's Arizona Coyotes are the lowest-valued team in all of the major American leagues, the bottom of Sportico's menu at $675 million. The Cincinnati Bengals, cheapest in the NFL, are still worth $4 billion: as much as or more than all but a few NBA and MLB teams and more than every NHL team.

Who has the lowest MLB payroll in 2024? The Oakland Athletics currently have the lowest payroll in MLB at $47,275,000. It's nearly $30 million less than the next lowest team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Meanwhile, the New York Yankees ranked as the most valuable franchise in 2024, with a value of 7.55 billion U.S. dollars.

The following season, Jordan returned to the NBA and wound up winning three more NBA titles. In 2017, his name re-emerged in a baseball context, as a member of the group of the investors led by Bruce Sherman and former player Derek Jeter that made a successful bid to buy the Miami Marlins for $1.2 billion.

The New York Yankees are one of the most famous sports teams in the world. It is therefore unsurprising that the baseball team, based at Yankee Stadium in New York City, generated league-high revenue of 679 million U.S. dollars in 2024.

All 32 NFL teams are valued at more than $5 billion. The Cincinnati Bengals have the lowest valuation in the league at $5.25 billion, a significant jump from the team's $3.5 billion valuation in 2023.

Teams with the lowest values include the Phoenix Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Florida Panthers.

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The cheapest average MLB ticket on Gametime is just $17 to watch the struggling Miami Marlins (down from $18 last year). At just a dollar higher are the 37-54 Los Angeles Angels.

The NFL's Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable team in the world with a $9.0 billion valuation. The team was purchased in 1989 for $150M by Jerry Jones.

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The combined sale, which got league approval in February, set a new high-water mark for NBA franchises by more than $1.5 billion compared to what the Brooklyn Nets sold for in 2019. New owner Matt Ishbia was a walk-on for Michigan State and part of the Spartans' 2000 national championship team.

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The New York Mets sit at the top with a $311 million total payroll and their addition of J.D. Martinez this offseason for $12 million, but their cross-town rivals, the New York Yankees aren't far behind at $306 million.

Prices for these teams vary considerably, but according to Pat O'Conner, Vice President, Administration, and COO of Minor League Baseball, you can use the following figures as “ballpark” estimates: Triple-A teams cost anywhere from $8 to $20 million; Double-A teams run between $6 to $15 million; Single-A $2 to $8 ...