A new report by Forbes valued the New York Mets at $1.35 billion dollars, the seventh most valuable franchise in baseball behind the Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox, Giants, Cubs and Cardinals.
Forbes estimates the Mets have an annual revenue stream of $263 million and a $25 million operating income.
The Mets also posted baseball’s third-largest average local television audience in 2014, despite the team’s sixth-consecutive season with a losing record.
Despite all that, Mets payroll for opening day in 2015 is expected to be at or near $100 million dollars which places them in the bottom ten of major league baseball.
