Mlb schedule 2019 opening day7/5/2023 ![]() Most of those are at Comerica Park, but this stretch still includes a six-game swing to Kansas City and Oakland. Then, after that brutal month, the Tigers play another 26 games in 27 days. They travel to Seattle, Los Angeles, Texas, Tampa, Houston, and Minnesota during that stretch. The Tigers are scheduled to play 32 games in those 34 games, including two of those four long road trips we discussed earlier. The worst stretch, in my opinion, comes from July 23 to August 25. They open the second half with a six-game road trip against AL Central opponents, then come home for three games against the Blue Jays. They have just six off days in the second half of the season, which dates from Friday, July 12 to Sunday, September 29. The Tigers have a number of scheduled off days early in the season, but they will pay for it later on. Baseball purists will be happy to know that the Tigers don’t face another NL team after July 24. The Tigers will still play series against the Phillies and Washington Nationals after that June 19 date, but both are at Comerica Park. Finally, their road interleague slate concludes with their annual trip to Pittsburgh in mid-June. The Tigers will travel to Philadelphia for a quick two-game set at the end of April, then face the Mets and Braves on the road in late May and early June. The Tigers play four series in NL parks in 2019, and all are between April 30 and June 19. However, those disgusted at the thought of the Tigers opening or closing a season in a National League park (as they have for the past three years) need not worry. Interleague? Nah, we’re goodīefore you get too excited/upset, realize that there is still interleague play on the 2019 schedule. This year’s schedule featured just one scheduled road trip of nine games or longer, while the 2017 schedule - yeah, the one with that awful May slate - still only contained three such trips. This could pose a challenge for a young Tigers team that will hopefully be looking to compete a bit more than the 2018 club. All four of those trips encompass three different cities, with the worst probably a Tampa-Houston-Minnesota swing in late August that features zero off days. They have four separate road trips of nine games or longer scheduled in 2019, including a pair of 10-gamers. There are always a couple of long road trips in any MLB team’s schedule, but the Tigers might be a bit unlucky next season. The Tigers have four off days this April, followed by four more in May, giving them plenty of chances to make up games that get rained (or snowed) out. This year seemed a bit worse than others, but the MLB schedule makers have seemingly caught on to how bad Midwest weather can be in early spring. It seemed like every Tigers home game this past April was rained out or delayed in some fashion. Eight games in eight days to open the season? That’s how the season should start. ![]() Then, for good measure, the Tigers will play three more games in New York and a home game against the Kansas City Royals before their first off day. The two teams will play four games in four days, giving you the firehose of baseball you want when Opening Day comes around. ![]() The Tigers open the season in Toronto against the Blue Jays, where the roof at Rogers Centre will keep everyone dry no matter how soggy things get in late March. but then there’s an off day that dampens the mood a bit. Most years, the excitement of Opening Day only lasts a few hours. There isn’t much to talk about in terms of strength of schedule - the AL Central is still awful and the NL East’s fortunes largely depends on where Bryce Harper ends up in the next six months - but we still found a few early storylines to follow as you soak in next season’s 162-game slate. The Detroit Tigers released their schedule for the 2019 season on Wednesday, and we spent most of the afternoon picking it over in the comments. ![]()
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