About a week ago, Noah Syndergaard unleashed a media firestorm when he claimed New York was now a Mets town — no longer a Yankees. A number of media outlets were quick to follow-up Thor’s rhetoric with why they felt he was correct.
Perhaps the 6-foot-6 right-hander should have waited until Forbes released the update to their annual Sports Money Index (SMI) before making such boastful claims.
Per the Forbes report, the average MLB team saw a 19 percent increase in their overall value — around $1.54 billion. The Yankees, who topped the MLB portion of the list at $3.