Milwaukee Brewers release full 2026 schedule

All eyes are on what the Milwaukee Brewers will accomplish this fall as they continue to stack wins and inch closer to a record-breaking season.

But the club provided fans with a glance at what’s to come in the 2026 season with a reveal of its 162-game slate, which will open with an interleague meeting with the Chicago White Sox on March 26 at American Family Field. It’s the first time since the 2021 season that the team will host its season-opening contest.

The Brewers’ first showdown against a National League Central counterpart will come in a three-game home series against the Pittsburgh Pirates from April 24-26. They also will host the St. Louis Cardinals on Memorial Day, visit the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Fourth of July weekend and host the Chicago Cubs on Labor Day.

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Here are four observations from the Brewers’ full schedule release.

Lack of off days down the stretch worth monitoring

There will be plenty of opportunities for the Brewers to rest and monitor their pitching staff early in the season, but that won’t be the case once the dog days of summer hit.

Milwaukee received six off days between March and April, never having to play more than six days in a row until it plays nine games in as many days versus the Diamondbacks (April 28-30), Washington Nationals (May 1-3) and Cardinals (May 4-6).

Brewers infielder Joey Ortiz celebrates with Sal Frelick after hitting a grand slam during the sixth inning in the first game of a doubleheader against the Mets on July 2 in New York. Milwaukee’s schedule for next season sill feature a few difficult stretches that feature zero scheduled off days.

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Four more scheduled off days come in May, but June, July and August only feature seven total off days outside of the All-Star break, which is set for July 13-16 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. That means some tough stretches are expected to come around the same time the team will be nearing the trade deadline and making a possible postseason push.

It all starts with a showdown against the rival Chicago Cubs on June 26, a likely important matchup that will kick-start a stretch of 17 games in 17 days for the Brewers.

They will face each of their NL Central foes during the stretch, including a four-game series against both the Cincinnati Reds and Pirates. A trip to Arizona for the Fourth of July weekend falls in the middle of it, and it finally comes to an end with the All-Star break.

However, that’s far from the only tough stretch that’ll impact the squad.

The Brewers, in a stretch that starts July 31, will play on 18 consecutive days without a day off in a journey that includes two separate West Coast trips.

They’ll open that run with a road game against the Los Angeles Angels before returning home for four games versus Pittsburgh and three against the Minnesota Twins. A trip back west follows for the team as it treks to San Diego for three games and matches up with the Los Angeles Dodgers for four. An off day Aug. 17 ends that dash.

But the schedule heats up once again entering September. A span of 16 straight days with a game will greet the team from Aug. 26 to Sept. 9. Those matchups will feature two series with the Cubs, another against Cincinnati, one against the New York Mets and one against the Texas Rangers.

Interleague play to dominate early part of schedule

A season-opening visit from the White Sox not only represents the earliest scheduled Opening Day in team history for Milwaukee, but it also will set the tone for a month that is loaded with interleague series.

Of the team’s first eight series, six will come against teams in the American League. The Brewers will host the White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays while hitting the road to take on the Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers.

Only three-game sets versus the Nationals and Miami Marlins will offer a more natural feel for Milwaukee, which only will face five American League teams across 21 series after the All-Star break.

Trip to Las Vegas comes in early June

Although the Athletics aren’t slated to move to Las Vegas until the 2028 season, the team is hosting a six-game homestand at Las Vegas Ballpark, home to the club’s Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas Aviators.

The Brewers will be the first to face the Athletics in Las Vegas, doing so in a three-game series from June 8-10. It will be the first time that the Athletics have played regular-season games in the city since they did so in 1996, when renovations forced them away from Oakland Coliseum.

Milwaukee visits the Colorado Rockies ahead of the trip, providing the Brewers with a six-game stretch away from home that rests between a pair of homestands.

Divisional foes await in September

Each month of the season, excluding the six-day March stretch to open the season, will feature a meeting between the Brewers and at least one of their NL Central foes.

None of those months will look quite like September, though, when the club is scheduled to meet each of its divisional opponents. The opening nine days of the month feature three-game sets against the Cubs, Reds and Cubs.

A three-game series against the Pirates immediately follows, sending Milwaukee onto the home stretch. It will make a road trip to face the Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles before a three-game set versus the Cardinals from Sept. 25-27 concludes the season.

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