Every year, Forbes Magazine releases a list of the most valuable franchises in Major League Baseball. Every year, I write a little something about it here. The reason for covering it is the same every year, too: We should never forget just how strange it is that the Giants are a model franchise now.
According to Forbes, they most certainly are that. The Giants are valued at $2.65 billion in their rankings, the fifth-most valuable franchise in the sport. They’re just behind the Red Sox and Cubs, and they’re just a Barry Zito contract behind the Dodgers.