Major League Baseball today announced the game times for its previously announced master 2023 regular season schedule, which will begin with all 30 Clubs scheduled to play on Opening Day presented by Chevrolet on Thursday, March 30. Opening Day of the 2023 campaign could become the first season since 1968 in which every team across the Majors plays theirs first game of the season on the same day.
The 15 games on Opening Day will feature nine divisional match-ups and three Interleague contests (SF @ NYY; TOR @ STL; PHI @ TEX). The World Champion Houston Astros will open their campaign against the Chicago White Sox at Minute Maid Park at 7:08 pm (ET)/6:08 pm (CT) as three-time All-Star and 2020 American League Most Valuable Player José Abreu squares off against his former team for the first time. Five games are scheduled for Friday, March 31, and a full slate of 15 games will be played on both Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2.
MLB Network will have extensive coverage of Opening Day on Thursday, March 30, featuring its signature live look-ins at games in progress on MLB throughout the first week of the regular season with MLB Central, High Heat with Christopher Russo, MLB Now, Off Base, Intentional Talk, MLB Tonight and Quick Pitch featuring previews, highlights, analysis and interviews.
The 2023 season will mark the first to feature a balanced schedule for all 30 Clubs across the Majors since Interleague play was introduced in 1997. Specific features of the new balanced schedule include:
In a rematch of the 2022 Fall Classic, the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies will visit the Astros for a three-game series at Minute Maid Park beginning on Friday, April 28 at 8:10 pm (ET)/7:10 pm (CT ).
The 93rd All-Star Game presented by Mastercard will take place on Tuesday, July 11 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, marking its first Midsummer Classic since 2001. A trio of split doubleheaders are featured in the 2023 schedule, including Tampa Bay Rays visiting the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, June 3 beginning at 1:10 pm (ET); the San Diego Padres visiting the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday July 15 beginning at 1:05 pm (ET); and the Colorado Rockies hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, September 26 starting at 3:10 pm (ET)/12:10 pm (PT).
The final day of the 2023 regular season will be Sunday, October 1, featuring 10 divisional match-ups, and with all 15 contests starting between 3:00-3:15 pm (ET).
Other highlights of the 2023 schedule include:
Please visit MLB.com for the complete 2023 American League and National League regular season schedules with game times. Individual Club schedules can be found at each of the respective 30 Club sites.
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