Major league baseball revenues continue to soar, even as the Tigers' television ratings decline
The Detroit Tigers rank 14th among the 30 major league clubs, with an estimated franchise value of $1.15 billion, according to a report by Forbes magazine released today. That is up from the March, 2015 estimate of $1.125 billion, when the Tigers ranked 13th among major league clubs.
The Tigers had an estimated operating loss of $20.7 million in 2014, according to Forbes, but turned that into operating income of $11 million in 2015. The biggest factor is almost surely the increase in national media revenues, which are shared among all 30 clubs.