In Dallas, Evan Grant reported the Rangers for the second consecutive year "will use 'dynamic-ticket pricing' to adjust single-game ticket prices up or down, depending on demand." The Rangers "use a two-tiered ticket pricing formula with regular games and 'premier' games." For example, a lower infield ticket for regular games "starts at $74, up one dollar" from '14, while the price for premier games "starts at $82," which is also $1 more than last season. Grant noted "most of the increases are in the $1-2 range and apply to club level seats" (DALLASNEWS.com, 1/14).
TIME IS ON MY SIDE: ESPN.com's Darren Rovell reported the Brewers will "add another nine timeless tickets ... redeemable for any regular-season game in the team's future, except for Opening Day games" to their original promotion announced in October of selling 1,000 "Timeless Tickets" for $1,000 each. The offer Tuesday "went online for the first time." Brewers COO Rick Schlesinger said that the team "has sold 240 timeless tickets so far, which he is pleased with given that, until this week, it was just a soft launch." To redeem their timeless tickets, fans "have to notify the box office as soon as they know" which game they want to attend (ESPN.com, 1/14).
ROYAL TREATMENT: In K.C., Sam Mellinger wrote Royals manager Ned Yost's signing a one-year extension through '16 and GM Dayton Moore deciding not to make "a push for anything more" than his current contract, which also runs through '16, "is not how it usually goes after something like the 2014 Royals happen." But Mellinger noted Yost "doesn’t think he wants to manage more than a few more years," while Moore’s "place in the organization is beyond solid." Both are "committed to the cause," and both "will work for the Royals for as long as they want" (KANSASCITY.com, 1/14).
BRAVE NEW WORLD: In Atlanta, Mark Bradley notes the Braves "are moving to Cobb County" in '17, and "if the tone of this offseason is any indication, they don't care much about putting a winning product on display at lame-duck Turner Field." Bradley wonders if the Braves would have traded RF Jason Heyward, LF Justin Upton and C Evan Gattis "for young arms, many of whom mightn't be major-league ready until 2017 if then," had they been "moving into SunTrust Stadium this April" (AJC.com, 1/15).
