Creditsafe Study Reveals Which MLB Team Has Top Financial Stats

Apr 27, 2017 5:01:00 PM / by Nathan Kolb

MLB Financial Stats

Creditsafe, the world’s leading provider of global business intelligence, released a report today tracking each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. The study looked at the overall creditworthiness of each of the teams, as well as how quickly each paid their bills in the first quarter of 2017.

“Days beyond terms (DBT) is a commonly used business credit term that indicates how long a business has taken to pay its suppliers beyond the agreed payment terms. It is often cited as the most predictive data item when assessing a company’s ability to stay in business."


Matthew Debbage
CEO of Creditsafe Asia and Americas

Specifically, the MLB teams paying their suppliers within terms are:

  • Baltimore Orioles
  • Cincinnati Reds
  • Cleveland Indians
  • Colorado Rockies
  • Miami Marlins
  • New York Yankees
  • Oakland Athletics
  • San Diego Padres
  • Seattle Mariners
  • Tampa Bay Rays
  • Texas Rangers
  • Washington Nationals

And, the MLB teams taking the longest to pay suppliers are:

  • The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: 52 days beyond terms
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates: 31 days beyond terms
  • The New York Mets: 12 days beyond terms
  • The Detroit Tigers: 10 days beyond terms
  • The Kansas City Royals: 8 days beyond terms
  • The Boston Red Soxs: 7 days beyond terms
  • The Chicago Cubs: 6 days beyond terms
  • The St. Louis Cardinals: 6 days beyond terms
  • The San Francisco Giants: 6 days beyond terms
  • The Philadelphia Phillies: 4 days beyond terms

"We have reviewed the DBT value for each of the MLB teams for the period of January through March of 2017. Our analysis revealed most of the MLB teams pay their suppliers within terms. We also discovered stragglers including: The Pittsburgh Pirates, The Detroit Tigers, The New York Mets and The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Angels were the slowest in the league taking on average 52 days beyond terms to pay their suppliers.”


Matthew Debbage
CEO of Creditsafe Asia and Americas

Creditsafe's global database is one of the most rapidly expanding in the industry and also one of the most comprehensive. Each day over 200,000 users around the world leverage the company's database to gather strategic, insightful business information. Creditsafe’s database is updated over a million times a day with information gathered from thousands of sources. In 99.9% of the cases, reports requested by customers are delivered instantly. Over forty percent of Credisafe’s customers, leverage the company’s internationally reporting capabilities.

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Nathan Kolb

Written by Nathan Kolb

Nathan Kolb handles Brand Engagement and Content Creation for Creditsafe. He has a unique and varied background that was formed through experience with entrepreneurship and business ownership, military service, business advising, and as an instructor at various levels. Nathan loves to stay active in mind and body and consistently finds new challenges to apply himself to both professionally and personally.

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