April 12, 2010 – The average ticket price for a major league baseball game in 2010 is $26.74, an increase of 1.5% from last season. In Minnesota however; where the Twins are moving in to their new ballpark at Target Field, the average ticket price has jumped 45% to $31.47. The highest average ticket price is in Chicago where the going rate for a Cubs ticket is $52.56. On the other end of the spectrum the lowest average ticket price is the Arizona Diamondbacks $14.31. By the way, with the Twins moving into Target Field, the value of the team has jumped 14% to $405 million according to estimates by Forbes magazine.