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The average MLB franchise is now worth $2.2 billion, according to Sportico's 2021 valuations, released on Friday.

The backdrop: "Every MLB team faced crushing losses in 2020, as combined team revenue plummeted $7 billion, or 67%," Sportico's Kurt Badenhausen and Peter J. Schwartz write.

What to watch: "No control stakes of teams are actively being shopped, but potential buyers are circling the Baltimore Orioles," they note. 

Average MLB team is worth $2.2 billion

Every team faced crushing losses in 2020, as combined team revenue plummeted 67%.

Illustration of baseball on top of a pile of money

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The average MLB franchise is now worth $2.2 billion, according to Sportico&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="2021 valuations" data-vars-click-url="https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2021/2021-mlb-teams-value-baseball-team-data-1234625755/" data-vars-content-id="8ed6ebc6-4dbd-470a-9ee0-a224ae8bd4ab" data-vars-headline="Average MLB team is worth $2.2 billion" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2021/2021-mlb-teams-value-baseball-team-data-1234625755/" target="_blank">2021 valuations</a>, released on Friday.The backdrop: &quot;Every MLB team faced crushing losses in 2020, as combined team revenue plummeted $7 billion, or 67%,&quot; Sportico&#x27;s Kurt Badenhausen and Peter J. Schwartz <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="write" data-vars-click-url="https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2021/mlb-valuations-franchise-worth-baseball-1234625759/" data-vars-content-id="8ed6ebc6-4dbd-470a-9ee0-a224ae8bd4ab" data-vars-headline="Average MLB team is worth $2.2 billion" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2021/mlb-valuations-franchise-worth-baseball-1234625759/" target="_blank">write</a>.

Shifts in technology and media are changing the way we play, watch and understand sports. Business models are adapting and social change is forcing those in charge of teams and leagues to reconsider decades-old practices.

Average MLB team is worth $2.2 billion

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