Major League Baseball released its 2026 schedule on Tuesday, with details on a number of key dates. We’ll break them down below.
Regular Season Ends: Sept. 27
The season will begin with the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants playing at Oracle Park on March 25, followed by a full 14-game slate the following day.
This is the time of year when fanbases line up to see exactly when their team will face their bitter rivals throughout the season. New York Yankees fans circle the Boston Red Sox dates on the calendar, and vice versa. Everybody loves the added drama of matchups between the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets.
And everybody loves despising the Houston Astros these days.
Meanwhile, next year’s All-Star Game will be hosted by the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. It will be the franchise’s fourth time hosting the event, though the first time at Citizens Bank Park.
And then there’s Opening Day, one of the best sporting dates on the calendar, with 14 matchups on tap for the 2026 season.
MLB will have all 30 teams playing on Jackie Robinson Day (April 15), Lou Gehrig Day (June 2) and Roberto Clemente Day (Sept. 15). The league is also commemorating the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 by having the Mets and Yankees play a three-game Subway Series in the Bronx from Sept. 11-13.
We still have a lot of baseball left in the 2025 season, of course, with teams like the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers looking like the top contenders at the moment. Which one of them—or which upstart team—might be defending their title in the 2026 campaign?