MLB 2025 Schedule: When is baseball's Opening Day Schedule, dates, times, teams, pitchers, how to watch, starters
Major League Baseball announced its full schedule for 2025, highlighted by a March 27 Opening Day, four international series and the All-Star Game at Globe Life Field in Texas.
While the Cubs and Dodgers will kick things off a week earlier, MLB's traditional Opening Day will feature 28 of the 30 teams. The Tampa Bay Rays and Colorado Rockies will be off after their game was moved to March 28 to provide additional time for the Rays to prepare George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa after Tropicana Field was ravaged by Hurricane Milton last October.
When does the 2025 MLB season start?
The first game of the 2025 MLB season will be played in Japan. The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers will face the Chicago Cubs March 18-19 in Tokyo. This marks the sixth time in MLB history that a season opener will be played in Japan.
When is MLB Opening Day 2025?
MLB's traditional Opening Day will feature 28 of the 30 teams.
All 30 teams will play a traditional Opening Day on March 27, after the Dodgers and Cubs play two games in South Korea on March 18-19.
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2025 MLB Opening Day schedule, start-times, starter pitchers for every team first game.
The MLB Opening Day games on March 27 are as follows:
Here's the schedule for all 28 teams' games on March 27:
All times Eastern ET ()
Below are the matchups scheduled for that day as well as starting pitchers and how many times they've started on Opening Day:
Milwaukee Brewers vs. New York Yankees - 3:05 p.m. (Freddy Peralta - 2, Carlos Rodón - 2)
Baltimore Orioles vs. Toronto Blue Jays - 3:07 p.m. (Zach Eflin - 2, José BerrÃos - 5)
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Washington Nationals - 4:05 p.m. (Zack Wheeler - 2, MacKenzie Gore - 1)
Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers - 4:05 p.m. (Garrett Crochet - 2, Nathan Eovaldi - 5)
Cleveland Guardians vs. Kansas City Royals - 4:10 p.m. (Cole Ragans - 2)
Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres - 4:10 p.m. (Chris Sale - 6, Michael King - 1)
San Francisco Giants vs. Cincinnati Reds - 4:10 p.m. (Logan Webb - 4, Hunter Greene - 2)
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Miami Marlins - 4:10 p.m. (Paul Skenes - 1, Sandy Alcantara - 5)
Los Angeles Angels vs. Chicago White Sox - 4:10 p.m. (Yusei Kikuchi - 1, Sean Burke - 1)
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New York Mets vs. Houston Astros - 4:10 p.m. (Clay Holmes - 1, Framber Valdez - 4)
Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals - 4:15 p.m. (Pablo López - 3, Sonny Gray - 4)
Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers - 7:10 p.m. (Tarik Skubal - 2)
Athletics vs. Seattle Mariners - 10:10 p.m. (Luis Severino - 2, Logan Gilbert - 1)
Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks - 10:10 p.m.
Friday, March 28
Colorado Rockies vs. Tampa Bay Rays - 4:10 p.m. (Kyle Freeland - 4, Shane McClanahan - 3)
Where can I watch MLB's Opening Day games? What channel will they be on?
Most Opening Day games will be played on the regional sports networks affiliated with each baseball club. MLB's Opening Night game will be broadcast on ESPN.
How can I stream MLB's Opening Day games or watch them without cable?
Streaming services that carry ESPN and RSNs can be used to stream the games. You can also stream MLB games on MLB.TV with local blackout restrictions.
Which MLB teams play on Opening Day?
All 28 MLB clubs will be in action on Opening Day. Prior to last year, that hadn't happened since 1968.
What are the international MLB games in 2025?
Shohei Ohtani will take the field in his home country to open the 2025 campaign, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will square off in the Tokyo Series.
It marks the sixth time in MLB history that the league's season opener will be played in Japan.
When is the 2025 MLB All-Star Game?
The Midsummer Classic is heading to Atlanta for the third time in 2025.
The city was originally supposed to host the All-Star Game in 2021, but MLB moved the game to Coors Field in Denver in response to Georgia voting rules signed into law that were condemned for being too restrictive.
The 2025 MLB All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday, July 15, at Truist Park, which opened in 2017.
When is the final day of the MLB regular season?
All 30 teams will close out the 2025 regular season on Sunday, Sept. 28.
The day will feature eight divisional matchups, including Orioles-Yankees, Cardinals-Cubs and Diamondbacks-Padres.
When is the 2025 MLB Postseason?
The postseason is scheduled to begin on First week of Oct. .
The potential last day of the season (World Series Game 7) is set for Nov. 3-4.
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