Top Second-Half MLB Price Gainers and Losers

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Top Second-Half MLB Price Gainers and Losers

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Here are some data on which teams are seeing the biggest price increases and decreases for the second half of the season compared to the first half of the season. See the raw data on all MLB teams and check out the TicketIQ MLB page.

Gainers:

Not surprisingly, the Red Sox have seen the largest price increase compared to the first half of the season, which is no surprise given their record, which is the best in Major League Baseball. With their surge to claim first place in the NL Central, the Cubs are tied with the surprise Brewers, who had 5 players in mid summer’s classic, for the second highest increase. Despite losing Robinson Cano for a substance abuse violation, the Mariners continue to compete, which has driven up prices at Safeco field.

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Losers:

While the decrease in price for the last place Rangers is not a surprise, the decrease in the Astros average prices may be. Coming off of their first-ever World Series win, enthusiasm and demand for Astros tickets for the first half of the season were at historic highs. With their team back in first place, Astros fans may also be saving their money for the post season.

After starting the season with high expectations, the Mets price decline should come as no surprise. If they continue to falter and end up trading All Star Jacob deGrom prices could fall even more. Both the Rockies and Padres declines are small enough to not be meaningful. If the Rockies continue to play well, prices could rise into October.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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