Chicago Cubs have a very good financial ranking per Forbes

The Chicago Cubs are one of the more valuable teams in all of baseball when it comes to their finances. Forbes released their most valuable MLB franchises and the Chicago Cubs came in at number four (4.1 billion dollars). That is a very good spot for them to be in right now.

At number four, they only trail the New York Yankees (7.1), Los Angeles Dodgers (4.8), and Boston Red Sox (4.5). They are the only four franchises ranked above four billion dollars. On their tail is the San Francisco Giants at 3.7 billion dollars. Those are the big market teams in today’s MLB.

The Chicago Cubs are in the middle of the pack in terms of profit following the 2023 season. That isn’t bad considering they were a pretty bad team that didn’t make a trip to the postseason. Now, as the team starts to get better, you might see them grow these numbers even more.

Their counterpart on the other side of town in the Chicago White Sox jumped two billion dollars for the first time ever. That put them as the 15th most valuable franchise in the league which is dead center. That isn’t bad for them as they continue to climb as well.

The Chicago Cubs are definitely a big market team in Major League Baseball.

The Chicago Cubs have really asserted themselves amongst the big boys in the league. They play in a big city on a field that is wildly popular. If they continue to build on that, they will grow these numbers even more. That allows them to be big players for free agents and other luxuries.

These rankings aren’t the end-all-be-all for teams in the league but you’d rather be seen at the top than the bottom. If things go well for them this year, that will be great for their bottom line.

We saw how things can be when they were winning in the middle of the 2010s. We’ll see what their ceiling is over the next couple of years.