How to sell MLB season tickets · 2027 season · For season ticket holders
Eighty-one home games is a volume problem, not a ticket problem. The holders who come out ahead sell the weekends early, price the April Tuesdays to clear, and never list a game twice.
How the Ballpark app’s Sell button works with SeatGeek and what it locks, the day-of-week pattern SeatGeek itself publishes, what 81 games net under two plans, the 60% rule in one club’s terms, the labor question over the 2027 season, and the dates read as a seller. Sourced throughout.
The Ballpark app, SeatGeek and the lock
Sell routes to SeatGeek
MLB named SeatGeek the “official ticket marketplace of Major League Baseball” in February 2023 for all 30 clubs. Open the game in the Ballpark app or your club account, tap Sell, link the accounts once, and you are listing on SeatGeek. Payout is “within 48 hours after the event” by direct deposit, minus 10%.
Listed tickets are locked
SeatGeek’s guide: listed tickets are locked from being scanned or transferred out of MLB Ballpark, MyProVenue or Ticketmaster club account managers “until they are delisted from SeatGeek.” Decide to go after all, or want to give the seats to a friend? Delist first, or the gate won’t scan them.
Auto-removal and delivery
SeatGeek’s seller help says unsold listings are “automatically removed 4 hours before the event,” and tickets sold within 26 hours of the event must be delivered 2 hours before it. With the Ballpark link, delivery is automatic; without it, that two-hour window is yours to hit.
Open marketplaces, or consignment
Where your club’s terms allow, StubHub, Vivid Seats and TickPick take the listing too (sellers typically keep 90%, 85% on TickPick), but never while the same game is listed on SeatGeek, or the lock and a double sale collide. Or transfer the games to us once. Every route’s fee and payout, side by side →
What 81 games net, and why the weekends pay for April
SeatGeek’s March 2026 guide to buying MLB tickets is the seller’s map in reverse: “Tuesday and Wednesday games are typically the most affordable,” “weekend games, particularly Friday and Saturday nights, consistently command higher prices,” “Sunday afternoon games fall somewhere in the middle,” rivalries “typically cost more than non-division matchups,” and clubs “build promotions and giveaways around those dates, increasing demand.” A separate SeatGeek note says prices “tend to drop by around 15% in the final week before game day.” Put those together and the shape of a season looks like this.
Take a pair at $42 a seat per game, $84 a game, $6,804 for 81 games, and say you attend 30 and sell 51. Baseball is where listing late costs the most, because there are so many games to forget.
| The 51 games you sell | Flat at face, listed the week of | Priced per game, listed at schedule release |
|---|---|---|
| Opening Day + 2 rival weekend series (7 games) | Sell at $84: $588 | About 1.8x: $1,058 |
| 10 summer Friday/Saturday nights, holiday and fireworks dates | 8 of 10 sell at $84: $672 | About 1.3x, all sell: $1,092 |
| 12 Sunday afternoons | 6 of 12 sell: $504 | About 0.9x, all sell: $907 |
| 22 Tuesday to Thursday nights | 5 of 22 sell: $420; 17 expire | About 0.45x average, all sell: $832 |
| Gross on 51 games (before any fee) | $2,184, with 25 games unsold | $3,889, nothing unsold |
Illustrative: multiples follow SeatGeek’s published day-of-week pattern, not a price promise, and your club, section and record move every number. At our 20% the managed column nets about $3,110; at SeatGeek’s 10% it nets about $3,500 if you list and re-price 51 games yourself, delist before every transfer, and never double-list.
Every MLB club’s resale rule, from its own terms
We read the season ticket terms each club publishes and pulled out what a seller needs: the line the club draws and what it does when you cross it. Bold rows put a number, or a named channel, in writing. Checked November 2026; we re-read every page each winter before invoices go out, and your club’s current terms beat this table.
| Club | Channel named | Limit or trigger | If you cross it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | “An official MLB authorized ticket marketplace” | A “Broker Account” is “over 50% of Tickets originally purchased” sold or transferred for value | Material breach; revocation without refund; “Not all Accounts, including Broker Accounts, may be eligible for Postseason Game priority seating or tickets” | Season ticket terms |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | The club’s resale and transfer system | “More than 50% of the tickets purchased through their Account” without written consent; the same 50% applies to “Postseason tickets” | Material breach; system access cut, account revoked, benefits lost | Holder terms |
| St. Louis Cardinals | “Only approved ticket marketplaces, such as SeatGeek, are allowed” | “May not list or sell more than 60% of the individual tickets” in the package; listing one ticket on “multiple ATMs” is broker activity | “May be considered commercial activity and may result in ticket cancellation” | 2026 account policy |
| San Francisco Giants | not stated | A “Broker Account” is “over 75% of Tickets purchased for a single seat location” sold in a season | Termination without refund; Broker Accounts may lose “Postseason Game priority seating” | Holder terms |
| Philadelphia Phillies | The club’s resale and transfer system | A “Ticket Reseller” sells “a majority of the Account Tickets for any season” without written consent | Termination, liquidated damages, and “may not be eligible for any Benefits, including the option to purchase postseason tickets” | 2027 terms |
| Texas Rangers | Only as “expressly authorized by the Texas Rangers” | Packages “may not be purchased by anyone with the intent to broker such tickets”; the club decides “in our sole discretion” | “Revoke the license granted by your tickets”; deny Lone Star Member Benefits, “including All-Star and Postseason tickets” | Ticket broker policy |
| Chicago Cubs | not stated | Purchase “for the purpose and intent of reselling the Tickets on the secondary market” | Cancel the account, revoke the license; postseason access not guaranteed | Holder terms |
| Boston Red Sox | not stated | Refers to club “restrictions on ticket resale”; no number | Club “reserves the right to revoke the season tickets at any time and for any reason”; no postseason rights conferred | 2027 terms |
| New York Yankees | not stated | New York law: no unlicensed resale of “five (5) or more tickets”, none within 1,500 feet of the stadium | Material breach; account suspension | Account Manager terms |
| Los Angeles Angels | A “Club-approved ticket marketplace” the club designates | “Broker Activity” is intent to resell; outside listings are a “Non-Permitted Transfer” | Termination, seizure “without refund”, all affiliated tickets | Effective 2027 |
| Cleveland Guardians | not stated | “Broker Activity” is resale for value above face, decided by the club | Seizure or cancellation without refund | 2025 agreement |
| Cincinnati Reds | Secondary platforms allowed for “isolated and infrequent Ticket Transfers” | “Broker Activity” is intent to resell for “Excess Value” | Termination; seizure or cancellation without refund | Regular season agreement |
| Seattle Mariners | not stated | Club’s “sole discretion” that tickets were bought primarily to resell | Classified a “Ticket Broker”; lose benefits, pricing and seats; purchase cancelled and refunded | Policies |
| Milwaukee Brewers | “The Marketplace” | None stated; home games only | Services suspended “immediately and without notice”; repeated misuse revokes the account | Revised Jul 24 2026 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Online only through “the official website of the Dodgers” or authorized sites | Other resale needs prior written consent | License revocable “without refund” | Ticket terms |
| Washington Nationals | Online only via nationals.com or authorized sites | None stated | “Revocation and cancellation of this ticket without compensation” | Ticket terms |
| Athletics | Online only “through the Official Website of the Athletics” | None stated | Ticket confiscated or cancelled | Ticket terms |
| Atlanta Braves | not stated | No resale “in any manner not authorized by the Braves Parties” | “Seizure, revocation, and/or forfeiture of this license without refund” | Ticket terms |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | not stated | Resale in violation of law | Seizure and cancellation “without refund or other compensation” | Broker terms (2019) |
| Mets, Padres, Marlins | not stated | Ticket-back terms only: no resale inside the ballpark or where law prohibits | Resale “will invalidate the license” | Ticket-back terms |
Not yet read: the Orioles, Blue Jays, Rays, White Sox, Tigers, Royals, Twins and Rockies did not publish holder terms on a page we could open in November 2026. Your renewal invoice or the terms link inside your ticket account carries the rule; send it with your inquiry and we read it with you.
What the whole league says, in four lines
Five clubs put a number on it, and the lowest is half: Astros 50%, Pirates 50%, Cardinals 60%, Giants 75% of a seat location, Phillies “a majority.” No club we read penalizes a holder for selling fewer than half of a package. A holder who attends 35 of 81 and sells 46 is past the Astros’ and Pirates’ line and inside the Cardinals’; know your club’s number before the season, not in September.
The rest use intent. “Intent to broker” (Rangers), “purpose and intent of reselling” (Cubs), “Broker Activity” (Guardians, Angels, Reds): the club decides, and the Reds say out loud what the others mean, that “isolated and infrequent” transfers are fine.
One channel, one listing. The Cardinals name SeatGeek and call a ticket listed on two marketplaces broker activity. Consignment through us moves tickets by your club’s own transfer, from your account, and never double-lists.
The penalty is October. Astros, Giants, Phillies and Rangers all write postseason access into the consequence, and the Pirates apply their 50% to postseason tickets themselves. Protect the account; the game is replaceable.
The 2027 calendar, read as a seller
| Date | What happens | What it means for your tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2026 | The labor contract expires; a lockout is expected | The league released the 2027 schedule under the headline “if there is a season.” Read your club’s refund and credit terms for cancelled games before paying the invoice, and don’t list a game until it is confirmed. |
| Mar 25, 2027 | Opening Day, 14 games | The one weekday that sells like a weekend, and the first game to list if you won’t go. |
| April and May | Cold weeknights, school in session | The softest dates of the year in most markets. Price to sell or give them away; waiting doesn’t help, and SeatGeek says the last week is about 15% lower still. |
| June to Jul 13 | Summer weekends; All-Star Game at Wrigley Field Jul 13 | Fourth of July weekend, fireworks and giveaway nights, summer Saturdays: list them in April. |
| Mid-July | Next season’s schedule is released (2026: Jul 16) | Mark next year’s misses the week it lands. |
| Late July | Trade deadline | Buyer or seller? If your club sells, August fades; if it buys, September rises. Re-price everything that week. |
| Through Sept 26 | Regular season ends | Race dates sell; dead-team dates don’t. Postseason seats are a separate purchase and a separate market. Selling MLB playoff tickets → |
Six decisions, once a season
- Schedule week in July: start from the games you will attend and sell the rest. With 81 dates, the misses are the majority.
- Check your club’s resale clause for a percentage. If there is one, count your misses against it before you list anything.
- List Opening Day, the rival series and the summer weekends in April. Visiting fans and groups plan summer weekends months out.
- Price the Tuesday-to-Thursday nights to sell, on a schedule. The clearing price in April is often half your per-game cost. A sale beats 17 empty seats.
- Re-price at the trade deadline. Your club’s direction decides August and September.
- Delist before you transfer anywhere, and never list the same game in two places. The lock makes the first a scanning problem at the gate; your club’s terms make the second broker activity.
Or send us the misses once. We check your club’s terms and the count, price each game to the live market, list it on every major resale marketplace and with our private buyers the same day, re-price through the season, and pay you every Friday. A new holder’s first regular-season sale is commission-free; after that it is 20% of completed sales, nothing upfront, and no cancellation fee if you keep a game before it sells.
Frequently asked questions
Can I resell MLB season tickets?
Yes, game by game. Open the game in the MLB Ballpark app or your club account, choose Sell, and the listing goes to SeatGeek, the league’s official marketplace since 2023. Clubs allow selling the games you can’t attend; what they prohibit is brokering, and some put a number on it (the Cardinals: 60% of the package).
How many MLB games can I resell before my club objects?
Five clubs publish a number: the Astros and Pirates define a broker account at over 50% of tickets sold, the Cardinals cap listings at 60% of the package, the Giants at over 75% of a seat location, and the Phillies at “a majority.” Every other club we read uses intent language and decides case by case. Selling the games you cannot attend, from your own account, through the club’s channel, is inside every set of terms we read. The club-by-club table above links each one.
Can you sell MLB season tickets for a profit?
On Opening Day, rival weekend series, holiday and fireworks nights and September race dates, often yes. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, which SeatGeek itself calls the most affordable games, almost never. Holders who come out ahead sell the weekends early and the weeknights cheap, and judge the season as a whole.
How much does SeatGeek keep when I sell MLB tickets, and when am I paid?
10%, and payout arrives by direct deposit within 48 hours after the game, per SeatGeek’s MLB selling guide.
Why won’t my tickets scan or transfer after I listed them?
Listed tickets are locked in the Ballpark app and club account managers until you delist them on SeatGeek. Take the listing down first, then use or transfer the seats.
What happens to my 2027 season tickets if there is a lockout?
The labor contract expires December 1, 2026 and a lockout is widely expected. Your club’s terms set the refund or credit for cancelled games; read them before paying the invoice, and don’t list a game for sale until it is confirmed on the schedule.
What does it cost to have you sell them?
20% of each completed sale, nothing upfront and nothing if a game doesn’t sell. A new season ticket holder’s first regular-season sale is commission-free, and you are paid every Friday.
Sources: MLB.com: MLB partners with SeatGeek (Feb 27, 2023) · SeatGeek: How do I sell MLB tickets · SeatGeek: listing removal and delivery windows · SeatGeek: when are MLB tickets cheapest (Mar 3, 2026) · SeatGeek: MLB prices as game day nears (Mar 26, 2025) · St. Louis Cardinals season ticket account policy · Texas Rangers ticket broker policy · MLB.com: 2027 schedule released (Jul 16, 2026) · ESPN: earliest Opening Day in 2027, if there is a season (Jul 16, 2026) · StubHub newsroom (Oct 20, 2026) · TickPick: seller fee
More for season ticket holders: How to sell season tickets (all leagues) · Sell MLB playoff tickets · World Series · The dates that carry your season · Can you resell season tickets? · Your team’s page
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