When is MLB Opening Day 2023?

Michael Fisher

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MLB Opening Day 2023 is scheduled for Thursday, March 30, and game times have been announced for all 30 teams.

Now that MLB has released the game times for the full regular-season schedule, we know when every team plays on Opening Day 2023, taking place on Thursday, March 30.

According to MLB.com, this marks the first time since 1968 that every team will play their first game of the season on the same day, weather permitting, of course.

As happens every year, there is a light five-game schedule the following day, Friday, March 31, and then every team is back in action on the weekend.

Notable MLB Opening Day 2023 games

Of the 15 games taking place on Opening Day, nine are divisional showdowns, while three are Interleague match-ups.

With games staggered throughout the day, there are plenty of interesting match-ups for baseball fans to see. The first games of the season get started at 1:05 p.m. ET and feature the San Fransisco Giants in the Bronx taking on the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves visiting the Washington Nationals.

The World Series champion Houston Astros open the season at home hosting the Chicago White Sox in the lone East Coast prime-time game.

Opening Day wraps up with a trio of games on the West Coast, including the Los Angeles Dodgers playing host to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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MLB Opening Day 2023: Complete schedule

Here’s the complete schedule for Opening Day 2023, so you can see when your favorite team will take the field for the first time, and plan accordingly:

Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals — 1:05 p.m. ET

San Francisco Giants at New York Yankees — 1:05 p.m. ET

Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox — 2:10 p.m. ET

Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs — 2:20 p.m. ET

Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays — 3:10 p.m. ET

Philadelphia Phillies at Texas Rangers — 4:05 p.m. ET

Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds — 4:10 p.m. ET

Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres — 4:10 p.m. ET

Toronto Blue Jays at St. Louis Cardinals — 4:10 p.m. ET

Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals — 4:10 p.m. ET

New York Mets at Miami Marlins — 4:10 p.m. ET

Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros — 7:08 p.m. ET

Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics — 10:07 p.m. ET

Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers — 10:10 p.m. ET

Cleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners — 10:10 p.m. ET

Michael Fisher

Michael Fisher is the editor at That Ball's Outta Here on the FanSided network, a position he has held since September 2023. He has written over 500 articles for That Ball’s Outta Here. He has been a baseball fan since 1990 and became a Philadelphia Phillies fan in the early 2000s. Michael has been writing for FanSided since 2022 when he started as a writer at Jays Journal. He also spent over a year writing about MLB at FanSided.com. Michael enjoys camping and playing tennis and badminton in his free time.