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Report: Giants are Major League Baseball's fifth most valuable franchise

The 2019 season was another down year on the field for the Giants, and they struggled to attract as many fans to the ballpark as in the past, but the franchise still increased in value, according to Forbes.

The annual list of MLB team values was released Thursday and the Giants ranked fifth at $3.1 billion, a three percent increase from the year before. According to Forbes, the Giants rank behind only the Yankees ($5 billion), Dodgers ($3.4 billion), Red Sox ($3.3 billion) and Cubs ($3.2 billion). The A's were 26th at $1.1 billion.

The Giants crossed the $1 billion mark in 2014 and have continued to rise since.