Just seven months after bankruptcy proceedings, Forbes says that the Rangers are the eighth most valuable franchise in Major League Baseball at $561 million. That value represents a 25% rise from Q1 of 2010, when Tom Hicks could not fund a payroll and was desperately and alternatively trying to get the team sold and hang onto it himself. The fifth most valued team, the Mets, are worth almost 50% more than the Rangers, but after all most of us Rangers fans have been pleading for the last half decade just to be competitive financially with teams in other similar markets and situations. It appears that the club is much closer to being able to do that today.
For more on this, check out Lone Star Ball's discussion. After the jump, see a full, sortable table of team values.
| Rank | Team | Current Value ($ mil) | 1-year Value Change (%) | Debt/Value (%) | Revenue ($ mil) | Operating Income ($ mil) |
| 1 | New York Yankees | 1,700 | 6 | 4 | 427 | 25.7 |
| 2 | Boston Red Sox | 912 | 5 | 26 | 272 | -1.1 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 800 | 10 | 54 | 246 | 32.8 |
| 4 | Chicago Cubs | 773 | 6 | 75 | 258 | 23.4 |
| 5 | New York Mets | 747 | -13 | 60 | 233 | -6.2 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Phillies | 609 | 13 | 29 | 239 | 8.9 |
| 7 | San Francisco Giants | 563 | 16 | 21 | 230 | 29.9 |
| 8 | Texas Rangers | 561 | 25 | 66 | 206 | 22.6 |
| 9 | LA Angels of Anaheim | 554 | 6 | 10 | 222 | 11.8 |
| 10 | Chicago White Sox | 526 | 13 | 8 | 210 | 27.6 |
| 11 | St. Louis Cardinals | 518 | 6 | 53 | 207 | 19.8 |
| 12 | Minnesota Twins | 490 | 21 | 20 | 213 | 26.5 |
| 13 | Atlanta Braves | 482 | 7 | 0 | 201 | 22.2 |
| 14 | Houston Astros | 474 | 5 | 12 | 197 | 14.4 |
| 15 | Seattle Mariners | 449 | 2 | 15 | 204 | 9.9 |
| 16 | Washington Nationals | 417 | 8 | 60 | 194 | 36.6 |
| 17 | Colorado Rockies | 414 | 8 | 19 | 188 | 16.3 |
| 18 | Baltimore Orioles | 411 | 9 | 37 | 175 | 25.5 |
| 19 | San Diego Padres | 406 | 0 | 49 | 159 | 37.2 |
| 20 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 396 | 4 | 25 | 180 | 6.2 |
| 21 | Detroit Tigers | 385 | 3 | 55 | 192 | -29.1 |
| 22 | Milwaukee Brewers | 376 | 7 | 32 | 179 | 12.4 |
| 23 | Cincinnati Reds | 375 | 13 | 11 | 179 | 20.1 |
| 24 | Florida Marlins | 360 | 13 | 40 | 143 | 20.2 |
| 25 | Cleveland Indians | 353 | -10 | 31 | 168 | 12.1 |
| 26 | Kansas City Royals | 351 | 3 | 14 | 160 | 10.3 |
| 27 | Toronto Blue Jays | 337 | 3 | 0 | 168 | 3.6 |
| 28 | Tampa Bay Rays | 331 | 5 | 35 | 166 | 6.8 |
| 29 | Oakland Athletics | 307 | 4 | 29 | 161 | 23.2 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 304 | 5 | 42 | 160 | 26.4 |
(Thanks to SB Nation Pittsburgh for the sortable table.)