The club opened camp with 48 players selected to their 60-player pool of eligible players for the season. The Red Sox kicked off their second round of training camp on Friday. The Red Sox will reportedly begin their 2020 campaign at Fenway Park. The Nationals, of course, went on a run in last year's postseason, defeating the Brewers in the NL Wild Card Game, Dodgers in five games in the NLDS and swept the Cardinals before overtaking the Astros in seven games in the World Series. Last season, the Yankees racked up 103 regular season wins and hit 306 home runs before losing to the Astros in six games in the ALCS. The Dodgers are expected to host the rival Giants in the other July 23 nationally televised game, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale. It's a matchup that will likely feature an ace-off between the Yankees' Gerrit Cole and the Nationals' Max Scherzer.
The highlight of Opening Day will be the Yankees at Nationals Park against the defending World Series champions. The new regionally-based schedule will also eliminate the need for cross-country flights during the regular season. This will limit travel, in the hopes of lowering the chance for a COVID-19 outbreak. For example, the Astros and Dodgers will play each other, as will other teams in the AL West and NL West.
Teams would only face division rivals and the corresponding geographic division in the other league to keep the games regional. MLB teams are going to play 40 games within their division and 20 interleague games. The schedule announcement will be aired on MLB Network.Īs we wait for the 60-game slate, here's a refresher on what we already know about the 2020 MLB season schedule: Schedule will be regionally based
As things stand, the 2020 MLB Opening Day will be held on July 23, and the full schedule will be announced Monday, at 6 p.m. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred imposed a 60-game season after weeks of testy negotiations between the league and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA).
Major League Baseball announced plans last month to move forward with an abbreviated 2020 season amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.