Major League Baseball released its 2023 slate of games Wednesday and for the first time, every team in the majors will face each other in at least one series under the league’s new balanced schedule.
The balanced schedule arrives as a result of baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement, something the owners and players agreed to in the winter.
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Opening Day is scheduled for March 30, 2023. And the final scheduled regular-season game will play on Oct. 1, 2023. The All-Star Game is set for July 11, 2023, to be played in Seattle.
The 2023 regular season schedule is here! For the first time in MLB history, all 30 clubs will face each other at least once. https://t.co/mFgifcWke2 pic.twitter.com/3cJT7F0rHR
— MLB (@MLB) August 24, 2022
Some specifics of the balanced schedule:
- Teams will face their division rivals far less next season, with 52 total games against teams in their division, down from 76 this season. That includes 13 games (over four series) against each team, a decrease of six games and two series. Those 52 games included 26 at home and 26 on the road.
- Against opponents within their own league, teams will play 64 games, evenly split home and away, down from 66 this season.
- The biggest change will come in interleague games. For the first time, a team will play every opponent from the counter league. That will include 46 total games, an increase from 20 this season. Those series, though, will be divided home and away, with seven interleague series in their home park and seven on the road. But every team will play one home-and-home interleague series, over four games, against its “natural” rival.
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