Major League Baseball released the full schedule for its 60-game 2020 season on Monday night. The shortened season is slated to begin July 23 with a couple of night games: Yankees at Nationals and Giants at Dodgers. A traditional Opening Day will take place on July 24, a Friday, with a 14-game schedule (the Yankees and Nationals are out).
Here is the full opening day schedule (all eastern times):
Thursday, July 23 (opening night)
New York Yankees at the Washington Nationals, 7 pm
San Francisco Giants at the Los Angeles Dodgers, 10 pm
Friday, July 24 (opening day)
Atlanta Braves at the New York Mets, 4:10 pm
Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds, 6:10 pm
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays, 6:40 pm
Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 pm
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, 7:10 pm
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:10 pm
Baltimore Orioles at the Boston Red Sox, 7:30 pm
Colorado Rockies at Texas Rangers, 8:05 pm
Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 pm
Pittsburgh Pirates at the St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 pm
Seattle Mariners at the Houston Astros, 9:10 pm
Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 9:10 pm
San Francisco Giants at the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9:40 pm
Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics, 10:10 pm
Teams will play “regional” calendars in 2020. They will face the other four teams in their division 10 times each and play 20 games against interleague teams in their region (eg, teams in the Eastern National League will face each other. to the Eastern teams of the AL). The 60-game regular season sprint will end on Sunday, September 27. The full MLB 2020 schedule can be found here.
Players began reporting to a second spring training (also known as “summer camp”) last week. However, there have already been issues with the league’s coronavirus testing process, and uncertainty surrounds the 2020 season.
Check back soon for the conclusions from the 2020 MLB schedule announcement.
