Not everyone expected the New York Yankees to storm into the 2015 MLB season with active bats and a stranglehold on first place in the AL East, but here they are. Alex Rodriguez has continued to be a nice surprise, as the polarizing superstar has knocked in an impressive six homers and 16 RBI. It hasn’t been all A-Rod, though, as the Yanks have ridden the bats of Jacob Ellsbury (batting .358), Mark Teixeira (10 HRs and 22 RBI) and Brett Gardner (batting .309) en route to 17 wins to start the year.
While New York’s hot start is encouraging for a long and winding season, they’ll need more of that offense if they want it to continue. That’s especially the case this week, when the Yanks go up against an equally potent offense in the division rival Baltimore Orioles. Something will have to break, as both ball clubs have shown a tendency to bring power to their offenses, but also haven’t done a great job keeping their opponents locked down on the defensive end.
That’s all the better for the sake of value when it comes to New York Yankees tickets, as fans can probably bank on at least a couple high-scoring clashes when this four-game series gets going on Thursday, May 7. While this series could provide a major swing in the division standings for the Orioles, it could also allow the Yankees to further distance themselves from their main competition in the AL East. New York would also prefer to start building a bigger lead over Baltimore, the reigning division champs.
Yankees fans can probably see the value already, but if they look in the right place, the price of Yankees tickets can be even sweeter. Secondary market prices currently start at $110 for the 100-level seats on Thursday, with a get-in price of $22, but if fans acquire their tickets via Yankees.com, they can save some cash this week, with 100-level seats starting from $58. Saturday might award fans the best value for Yankees-Orioles tickets, as tickets via Yankees.com are just $79 for 100-level seats, as opposed to $106 elsewhere.
Regardless, it should be an entertaining meeting between two very good ball clubs, and if the Yankees can continue their hitting surge, they have a nice chance of winning this series. Seeing any signs of life from their pitching rotation probably wouldn’t hurt, either, although it’s tough to buy New York shutting down an Orioles offense that boasts the seemingly unstoppable Adam Jones (batting .396 with 5 HRs and 21 RBI), as well as stellar power from Chris Davis (6 HRs and 18 RBI). The rotation hasn’t been bad, though, so it is possible, and if they can minimize the Baltimore bats, taking three out of four is definitely more than possible.
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