Major League Baseball has revealed its regular-season schedule for the 2023 season – and for the first time since the introduction of interleague play in 1997, all 30 teams will play each other in at least one series.
The schedule changes are a result of the new collective bargaining agreement that ended a 99-day lockout in March. As a result of the expanded playoffs, the emphasis on division games was decreased and teams will play six fewer games against their division rivals than they have in recent years.
The number of games against non-division teams in the same league will stay roughly the same (64, down from 66), while the number of interleague games will rise from 20 to 46.
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When is opening day in 2023?
The MLB regular season begins with a full 15-game slate on Thursday, March 30, featuring nine divisional matchups and three interleague games.
MLB’s new balanced schedule will have each club play 13 games against each division rival (52 games total), plus six or seven against every other team in its league (64).
The remaining 46 games will be against interleague opponents: a home and road two-game series against a so-called natural rival and a single three-game series against each of the 14 other clubs.
A full slate of 15 games is scheduled for Jackie Robinson Day on Saturday, April 15, including the Chicago Cubs visiting the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
The 93rd All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday, July 11 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, marking its first Midsummer Classic since 2001.
The All-Star break will run from Monday, July 10 through Thursday, July 13.
