Major League Baseball will have its earliest regular-season openers ever in 2019.
The season schedule announced Wednesday set March 28 as opening day for most teams, though the Mariners and A's will play two regular-season games in Tokyo the week before.
The "traditional" opening day date is the earliest ever for MLB, one day before this year's record. The regular season will wrap up Sept. 29.
Circle the dates.
— MLB (@MLB) August 22, 2018
The 2019 schedule is here! https://t.co/G5zLMh5H7Q
Among the notable dates, some of them previously announced:
—The Royals and Tigers will play in Omaha on June 13 ahead of the College World Series, the first major-league game to be played in Nebraska.
—The Giants and Diamondbacks will play a rare pre-scheduled split doubleheader June 29 in San Francisco.
—The Red Sox and Yankees will play in London June 29 and 30, the first MLB games ever in Europe.
—The Pirates host the Cubs in the third annual Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa., on Aug. 18.
—The Rangers will play their final regular-season game at Globe Life Park on Sept. 29 against the Yankees.
The interleague play matchups for 2019 are AL East vs. NL West, AL Central vs. NL East, and AL West vs. NL Central.
