Minor League Baseball's Most Valuable Team?
The Sacramento River Cats!
If you are familiar with minor league baseball in Sacramento, you surely have heard of the Sacramento River Cats. The Sacramento River Cats were the Pacific Coast League Champions in 2011, and hope to make a run for the title again this year.
Sacramento River Cats Ranked Most Valuable Team
Forbes magazine recently rated the River Cats as the most valuable minor league team. Now we aren’t talking about the big numbers that the Major League Teams are estimated as being worth, but they do have value.
Here are some of the facts about the Sacramento Team:
- Team Value: $32 Million
- Revenue: $20 Million
- Operating Income: $9.7 Million
- Raley Field Stadium Cost: $30 Million
Ironically, the River Cats are an Major League Baseball Affiliate of the Oakland Athletics; Major League Baseball’s Least Valuable Team. That's right, the least valuable team, 30th place out of 30 teams!The value of these two teams cannot be compared because the teams operate in such different environments.
The value of a minor league team has to do with local ticket sales, promotions, and team success. Costs of players, construction and operations 
are much less than the Big Leagues. The major league teams have very high player costs, generate huge television revenues, and deal with local municipalities with construction projects. The two teams cannot be compared to each other.
So if you are interested in going to baseball game in Sacramento, see the River Cats play at Raley Field. You won’t be familiar with the players on the field but there are some other things about the game. The food is unbelievable at this ballpark, it’s not your “old school” menu. There are always fun promotional games and events that will add to the experience too. And it is all right here in Sacramento, California.
The Sacramento River Cats are currently in first place in their Division of the Pacific Coast League.
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