The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will kick off the 2025 MLB season in Tokyo on March 18, while the rest of the league will commence on March 27
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani will kick off the 2025 season in Tokyo against the Chicago Cubs on March 18, while the Athletics will begin their first season in Sacramento at home against the Cubs on March 31.
All 30 teams will start their regular season on March 27, which is the earliest opening day besides international games, according to Major League Baseball’s announcement on Thursday. In previous years, there were games on March 28 in 2019 and this season.
Each team will play six games against their main interleague rival instead of four. This means more matchups between teams like the New York Yankees and Mets, Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels, Cubs and Chicago White Sox, and Athletics and San Francisco Giants.
A “Rivalry Weekend” is scheduled for May 16-18, highlighting these key interleague rivalries along with matchups like Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia, Colorado vs. Arizona, Detroit vs. Toronto, and Houston vs. Texas.
For the third consecutive season with a balanced schedule, each team will play 13 games against their division rivals and six or seven against every other team in their league, totaling 62 games.
