Yesterday, Forbes released their annual report on team values and the San Francisco Giants were there in the top five in terms of profitability with $74.9 million and total value at $3.7 billion. That represents a year over year increase of 6%. I’m not going to be able to add much to the discussion that wasn’t already covered by people online and in the comments yesterday, but let’s discuss it here anyway for posterity!
One of the earlier posts I can recall during my brief time as this site’s managing editor was the 2018 valuation piece, and in that one, Forbes reported that the team had increased in value from 2016-2017.