Despite a pandemic and a 99-day lockout where players and owners were at odds over Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement, Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have seen their Boston Red Sox team continue to grow in value.
Year on year, according to analysis from Forbes magazine that measured enterprise value (which includes equity and net debt), the Red Sox have seen their value grow 13 per cent, from $3.46bn in 2021 to $3.9bn (£2.96m). That is a rise of around $440m (£333m) that keeps Boston at third on the overall list, behind only the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees.
The Red Sox's current value is still shy of what Liverpool are valued in the FSG portfolio, with the Reds above the $4bn mark (£3bn), a figure that has been aided in recent months considerably by the media rights deal that the Premier League has secured both domestically and internationally over the next three years, one that is worth around £10bn.
