For the primary time since 2023, the Dodgers won’t be the primary workforce to open the Main League Baseball season subsequent yr.
As a result of, for the primary time in three seasons, the workforce isn’t starting its schedule per week early with an abroad journey.
Whereas a few of their gamers will likely be touring the globe in early March, throughout the 2026 World Baseball Basic, the Dodgers may have a comparatively regular journey schedule as a workforce subsequent season — not like the final two years after they opened in Tokyo and Seoul.
As MLB introduced Tuesday with the league-wide launch of the 2026 schedule, the Dodgers’ first sport will likely be on MLB’s conventional opening day: A Thursday, March 26 contest in opposition to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium.
And after that, the remainder of their 162-game schedule will play out on one continent.
Listed here are a couple of highlights from MLB’s announcement Tuesday:
Opening weekend: The Diamondbacks will go to Dodger Stadium for 3 video games March 26-28 to start the season. It marks the fourth straight yr that the Dodgers play at residence throughout opening weekend.
First street journey: The Dodgers won’t be leaving North America this yr, however they may depart the nation on their first journey. After visiting the Washington Nationals April 3-5, they go to Toronto to tackle the Blue Jays April 6-8.
Jackie Robinson Day: Per normal, the Dodgers will likely be at residence to have a good time Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, with the New York Mets because the opponent within the final of a three-game set.
First Giants sequence: The Dodgers and Giants will renew their rivalry for the primary time April 21-23 with a three-game sequence in San Francisco. The Giants will make a return journey to Los Angeles for 4 video games Might 11-14.
Freeway Collection: The Angels swept all six video games they performed in opposition to the Dodgers this yr. The Dodgers will attempt to return the favor over two sequence subsequent yr, with three video games at Angel Stadium Might 15-17 (throughout MLB’s designated “rivalry weekend”) and three extra at Dodger Stadium June 5-7.
First Padres sequence: The Dodgers and Padres received’t have to attend fairly so long as they did this yr for his or her first rivalry assembly, with the Dodgers scheduled to go to San Diego Might 18-20.
Hitting the street (together with Sacramento): The Dodgers’ journey will stay comparatively balanced till June. From June 1 to July 1, the workforce will play 19 of 28 video games on the street, together with journeys to Arizona; Pittsburgh and Chicago; and Minnesota, San Diego and — for the primary time — Sacramento to face the relocating Athletics at their momentary minor-league ballpark.
Padres on Independence Day: It will likely be some time earlier than the Padres go to Los Angeles. The groups play once more in San Diego June 26-28, earlier than the Padres lastly go to Chavez Ravine for a four-game set — over the Fourth of July vacation weekend, no much less (July 2-5).
Northeast hall: Some Dodgers gamers may get very conversant in a Philadelphia-New York commute subsequent summer time. After the workforce finishes the primary half of the season with a Padres-Rockies-Diamondbacks homestand, consideration will shift towards the All-Star Sport in Philadelphia (the place MLB will have a good time America’s 250th birthday). Then, the Dodgers open their second half with a visit to New York in opposition to the Yankees, three video games again in Philadelphia in opposition to the Phillies, then one other three-game set in New York in opposition to the Mets.
Battle to the end: The schedule-makers appear to be banking on one other shut Nationwide League West division race subsequent yr. As a result of over the ultimate 10 days of the season, the Dodgers play three video games at residence in opposition to the Giants (Sept. 18-20), three extra at residence in opposition to the Padres (Sept. 22-24) then end the yr with a three-game set in San Francisco (Sept. 25-27).
