It’s April and baseball season is upon us. With the beginning of the season comes the hope of fans that this year will be the year their team puts it all together and wins it all. Opening is the day on the calendar that all fans circle, with the hopes that it is the beginning of something special. With this extraordinary hype, also comes some high ticket prices in some cases.

It should come as no shock to fans in Boston and New York, that the Yankees & Red Sox are 1/2 in terms of highest average price on Opening Day. With high payrolls, comes high expectations, and even higher ticket prices. Rounding out the top 4 highest Opening Day averages is the newly named Miami Marlins and defending World Series Champions, St. Louis Cardinals. Both of which on any other year would be a surprise in terms of top priced openers, but with the christening of a new stadium in Miami and a championship pennant being raised in St. Louis, these prices are probably justified.

Even though expectations and special events helped boost those teams Opening Day ticket prices, they’re teams that play in markets where demand just isn’t there. The teams with the 2 lowest average Opening Day ticket prices are the Mariners & the Astros. Both of these teams are not surprisingly in this position playing in smaller markets and with very low expectations for the 2012 season. The Rays & Indians round out the bottom 4 teams with lowest opening day ticket prices. Back in the late 1990’s the Indians sold out almost every game and with their hot start last year it looked as they maybe turning the corner, but as the season continued the Tribe faded as did their ticket prices. Continued success going forward would be greatly welcomed by those in Cleveland, but maybe not by their wallets. In the meantime, Opening Day in Cleveland is an affordable day for the family. Tampa is a completely different story. The Rays have been perennial contenders the past few seasons. So why the low ticket prices? The market for baseball in Tampa hasn’t grown much with the winning, thus prices have remained low.

Whether you are paying high or low ticket prices this April to see your team open up their 2012 season, remember that with a blank slate comes hope for all. So if you’d like to attend any of the remaining Opening Day games on the MLB schedule, click on the view tickets button below.

With three left to 3,000, Yankees fans and baseball fans alike are focused on Derek Jeter and the four-game series that opens tonight in the Bronx.

As Jeter tries to create history in the house that George built, the market is betting heavily he’ll do it tomorrow night. Prices for Friday’s game are selling for an average of $182 vs. $142 for tonight. If one still believes in the mystic and aura of Yankee stadium–even after Shilling’s bloody sock–tonight may be worth taking a flyer on. Tonight pitching matchup features Jeff Nieman vs. resurgent Bartolo Colon. Jeter has already made some history with Neimann, having passed Gehrig as the all-time Yankee hit leader against him last season.

If you don’t believe in Yankees’ karma, though, the numbers also say tonight may be a good bet–righties hit .312 vs Neimann and he carries a bulky 5.05 ERA. As for 4pm ET, $30 also gets you in to the park for first pitch, whereas tomorrow you’ll be lucky to get in for less than $100.

For a chance to see Jeter make history, click here.

For weeks, Yankees fans have been hoping that Derek Jeter would reach his historic 3,000th hit at home. Barring a 4-hit night tonight against the Indians, Yankees fans will get their wish. After tonight’s game the Yankees’ are back in the Bronx for a four-game series with Tampa.

Since Jeter came of the DL, prices for the Tampa Bay Series are up significantly. Since June 29th, prices for this series have jumped 57%, from an average of $107 to $168, with games 1 and 3 of the series showing the biggest increases overall. The chart below details movement over the last week.

We expect tickets to continue to go up until the milestone is reached, so if you would like a chance to see some history in the Bronx, you might want to click here before tickets are $200 apiece or higher.

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With a hit yesterday Derek Jeter is now just 19 hits shy of 3000. Now, with the TiqIQ Jeter 3000 tracker, you can track pricing and trends for all Yankees games, along with Jeter’s progression to his milestone. This progression tracker include a  projection date for when we believe Jeter will pick up the hit. After his 1-for-3 in Oakland yesterday afternoon, we  now project him to reach the milestone on June 18th in Chicago. Prices are down 6% in last week for that game and start @ $74ea. For tickets to that game, as well as all the rest that the Jeter tracker offers, click here.