As the Major League Baseball season rolls further past the All-Star break that featured an entertaining Home Run Derby and the American League securing home field advantage in the World Series, the numbers for the league’s jersey sales have been released, according to this article from ESPN. Major League Baseball began releasing jersey sales data in 2010, according to the author.
Leading the way is the 2014 World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner of the San Francisco Giants. In fact, three members of the Giants find themselves in the top-10. Along with Bumgarner, Buster Posey clocks in at the No. 3 position, while outfielder Hunter Pence ranks in sixth. Bumgarner and Posey are part of three World Series Championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014, while Pence won with the club in the latter two years. Being the best team in baseball over the past five years has the Giants have some of the most popular tickets on the secondary market.
With information provided by TiqIQ.com, below are some of the secondary market ticket prices remaining in the month of July for one of the most popular and respected teams in the league.
Most Expensive: 7/26/2015 | San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland Athletics | Average Price: $126.13 | Get-in Price: $53
The most expensive game remaining in the month is against their American League in-state rival, the Oakland Athletics, at AT&T Park. Starting at $47 per night, Hipmunk.com offers San Francisco hotels for out-of-town Giants fans looking to take in this heated matchup, which is played rarely, being that both clubs are from different leagues. Along with flights, Hipmunk provides the cheapest airline tickets for fans from further away looking to create a baseball destination vacation. The Athletics are eight games below .500 and in fourth-place in the AL West division, so this could be a quality opportunity for the Giants to pick up wins and perhaps cut into the Dodgers’ first-place lead in the NL West.
Least Expensive: 7/28/2015 | San Francisco Giants vs. Milwaukee Brewers | Average Price: $45 | Get-in Price: $11
Speaking of the division lead, the Giants will have to beat up on some of the weaker teams around the league in the second half if they are aiming for supremacy in the NL West. The Brewers are currently in last place of the National League Central division and are 11 games under .500, not to mention while being 18.5 games back of the first-place St. Louis Cardinals. With their season turning out to be a lost one, the Brewers figure to be sellers at the trade deadline, as they’ll most likely try and restock their farm system.
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