The Royals dropped three spots in Forbes' annual list of Major League Baseball team valuations, which were released Wednesday.
All but one team is worth at least $1 billion, and the Royals are valued at $1.015 billion, which was 27th in baseball. A year ago, the Royals were valued at $950 million, which ranked them 24th in baseball. Two years earlier, Forbes ranked the Royals 25th with a value of $865 million.
David Glass bought the Royals for $96 million in 2000.
It wasn't all good news for the Royals. The Forbes story says the Royals lost $17 million in 2017, one of six teams with an operating loss.