The 2026 Red Sox schedule.

[u/Splatty15]

[u/Mukarsis]

Enjoy it. Might be our last one for a while.....

[u/Ok_Acadia3526 → u/Mukarsis]

Elaborate on that, please

[u/Teampiencils → u/Ok_Acadia3526]

Lockout

[u/Ok_Acadia3526 → u/Teampiencils]

Ah gotcha. Thank you

[u/Munro_McLaren → u/Teampiencils]

Huh?

[u/frausting → u/Munro_McLaren]

The players’ current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires at the end of next season. The players have to negotiate a new one with the owners. It’s widely expected to be contentious and nasty.

Owners are likely to push for a salary cap (lots of fans are in favor of this, like myself, to have more parity across the league). Players don’t like this.

Players are likely to push for a salary floor (likewise, a lot of fans like this for parity too). Owners like those of the A’s and Pittsburgh don’t like this.

Then a bunch more considerations as well. Both sides have indicated a willingness to delay the start of the 2027 season over this, which has happened before.

The ‘94-‘95 lockout lasted almost a year and resulted in a cancelled World Series.

It’s unknown if this will be that bad or anywhere close to it, but lots of people are bracing to miss some games over this.

[u/saulgoodman445 → u/frausting]

I doubt it the rich teams don’t want a salary cap it gives them a advantage

[u/America024]

Our last home series against a divisional opponent is July 24th? Wtf is that?

[u/jedlucid → u/America024]

the balanced schedule is an idea no one likes but the owners.

[u/kelsey11 → u/jedlucid]

How do the owners even like this? How is Henry ok with not having the Yankees come to town in September (or even fucking August)?

[u/jedlucid → u/kelsey11]

the big market teams don’t really benefit for it but the pirates want every chance to have stars from every team play there.

[u/kelsey11 → u/jedlucid]

I guess I’m old fashioned, but I’d rather have divisional rivalries in key spots of the season than two months of randos.

[u/jedlucid → u/kelsey11]

no. literally everyone but the owners hates this. they did this in hockey and basketball too. it’s awful.

[u/Mukarsis → u/America024]

Hey, who here doesn't want to end the season with a 3 game series against noted historical rival...the Chicago Cubs?

Jesus Christ, what even is that August and September home schedule?

[u/Munro_McLaren → u/America024]

They play the Rays in late September.

[u/Cheese_burger86 → u/Munro_McLaren]

But they’re away for that series

[u/Munro_McLaren → u/Cheese_burger86]

Ohh. Right. My dad and I are looking to watch a Patriots game and a Red Sox game in September, but I hate the teams they’re playing in September.

[u/Doughnuts3001]

Finally we don't gave to wait 2 months to play the Yankees

[u/CDudgie → u/Doughnuts3001]

Only play them one series after the Allstar break. Very converse to the last 2 years.

[u/BigB69247]

9 game road trip heading into the ASB - No home games for 16 days. Wild.

[u/TheHistorian2 → u/BigB69247]

Best spot on the calendar to have the longest (including west coast) road trip of the season.

[u/chrisgeleven]

No Yankees/Sox after August 30th? Seems weird from a ratings / playoff race standpoint.

[u/MissMarionMac]

Off day on my birthday. Booooooooo.

[u/pastrknack → u/MissMarionMac]

Me too :(

Granted my birthday is January 26th

[u/squirtles_urethra → u/pastrknack]

Welcome back, Kobe Bryant

[u/MissMarionMac → u/pastrknack]

Mine is in April, and given the number of off days early in the season, if it’s a weekday it’s usually 50/50.

[u/Redbubble89]

Reds, Astros, Padres, Brewers, Cards, Twins, Tigers, Yankees, Orioles, Blue Jays, Astros, Tigers, Rays, Phillies, Braves, Royals. We're at Memorial day by then. Hit the division again early June. How many of those are playoff teams or could be playoff teams next year?

[u/Kakali4]

Might have to travel to Cincinnati to see the reds opening day. I’ve heard great things about it

[u/DIECASTCHARV]

How do you make a schedule where Boston hosts ZERO division games at Fenway after July!? Just dump a bunch of meaningless matchups in there.. Two months vs the As, White Sox, Angels, DBacks etc is such a buzz kill

[u/Teh_One_Who_Knocks]

Sure would be nice if they would be coming to Coors on a weekend series instead of during the week. It was the same exact way last year, a Mon-Wed series.

[u/Judic22]

If you have the ability to come to PNC, definitely do. It’s well worth the trip. I’m a transplant from MA to Pittsburgh and it’s easily top 3 parks for me (been to 13).

[u/Best-Economics-2647 → u/Judic22]

Been to 25. I'd put PNC in top 5 I think. Fenway, Wriggle, Camden, Busch, PNC, Chase (although indoors) Family, Great American, Petco, Kaufman

[u/pastrknack]

No Wrigley field is a bummer

[u/Swarley133]

What a terrible schedule. A single series vs the Yankees in the second half of the season? Just four series vs divisional opponents in the final two months?

[u/Take-it-like-a-Taker → u/Swarley133]

Yea this schedule sucks.

Three mini trips to the west coast? Okay, at least there is a travel day off after two of them…

The one mini west coast trip without a travel day afterwards is 3 games in Seattle, 3 games in Colorado, then our final FOUR home games versus the Yankees - in June…

16 days without a home game ahead of the all-star break… yeesh.

[u/Accomplished-Buy4306]

When do we expect single game home tickets to go on sale?

[u/Mahog11636FM → u/Accomplished-Buy4306]

End of December during Winter Weekend and early January for the public.

[u/Physical-Tailor-2545]

we might get the loudest boos ever on Machado next opening day

[u/xiii-Dex]

All three west-coast trips are in consecutive road trips. That's going to be a brutal 6 weeks.

[u/funmaster320 → u/xiii-Dex]

And only 2 games in Seattle- weird.

[u/rswdw]

Ugh all I asked for was a game at Fenway over my birthday but that seems too much to ask.

[u/wherewasabefroman → u/rswdw]

It is if your birthday is in February

[u/Munro_McLaren → u/wherewasabefroman]

Yep. For me it is. Lol.

[u/humblestworker]

Took me a while to figure out why we had a doubleheader against each other.

[u/chincurtis3]

Can someone explain why we have a scheduled doubleheader against Seattle in june ??????????

[u/humblestworker → u/chincurtis3]

I think it’s Juneteenth

Edit: I am wrong. Looks like a World Cup match on that day.

[u/chincurtis3 → u/humblestworker]

While that’s true, other teams have games on Juneteenth, so I still don’t understand

[u/jaxx2009 → u/chincurtis3]

Seattle's stadium shares a parking lot with the football stadium that will be hosting a World Cup match. They can't accommodate both events so there is a scheduled doubleheader the next day.

[u/jedlucid]

124-38

[u/duckoutofhere32]

Aww man only 17 Thursday games

[u/Danethecook89]

As a Cincinnati resident, I am stoked to start the season here. Definitely going to have tickets for opening day

[u/Opening-Witness1785]

Only 5 road trips in the second half, compared to 9 in the first half. That seems to be in our favor!

[u/ShrimpNGrits14]

Ugh, there are definitely things about this schedule not to like, but I’m going to look at the positives.

As a Sox fan that wants to visit every park, seeing Opening Day in Cincinnati definitely has my attention.

A weekend in Seattle (T-Mobile Park) immediately followed by a series in Colorado (Coors Field) will definitely be on my calendar. And a weekend series at PNC Park will also be really cool.

[u/TheHistorian2]

I always look at the west coast trips first. The long one before ASB is good. But the other two being so close to that is tough.

Also a lot of interleague to open the season.

[u/jaboi2110]

Hopefully I’ll be going to one of the games in LA vs the Dodgers next summer, it would be my first time in LA

[u/TheChrisPhoenix]

End the season against the Cubs? God MLB hates us.

[u/Logical_Nectarine_40]

Nice! Weekend series in ATL.

[u/NoDrama9412]

Idk what's worse---this schedule, or how absolutely cursed some of those hotdogs look.