Cincinnati Reds announce 2023 schedule: Opening Day on March 30 vs. Pirates
As the Cincinnati Reds look ahead with a focus on their farm system while sitting near the bottom of the standings, they can start circling the calendar for next season.
Major League Baseball announced its 2023 schedule on Wednesday. Opening Day will be March 30 versus the Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park.
For the first time in league history, there will be a balanced schedule for all teams. The Reds will play a series against all American League teams with half of those series at home and half on the road. Teams will have 52 divisional games, a decrease from the usual 76.
Some of the highlights on the Reds’ schedule: They’ll host Tampa Bay, Texas, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland, Toronto, Seattle and Minnesota for home interleague series. They’ll play in Washington D.C. on July 4. The battle for the Ohio Cup will include two games in Cincinnati (Aug. 15-16) and two games in Cleveland (Sept. 26-27).
The longest homestand on next season’s schedule is 10 games against the Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks from July 14-23 out of the All-Star break. Their longest road trip will be a 10-game West Coast trip to face the Los Angeles Angels, Diamondbacks and Giants from Aug. 21-30.
At a minimum, some normalcy should return next season. It’s a welcome bit of normalcy after a pandemic-shortened 2020 MLB season, capacity limits on crowds to begin the 2021 season and a lockout that postponed the first week of the 2022 season.
CINCINNATI REDS 2023 SCHEDULE
March 30-April 2 – Pittsburgh
April 3-5 – Chicago Cubs
April 6-9 – @Philadelphia
April 10-12 – @Atlanta
April 13-16 – Philadelphia
April 17-19 – Tampa Bay
April 20-23 – @Pittsburgh
April 24-26 – Texas
April 28-30 – @Oakland
May 1-3 – @San Diego
May 5-7 – Chicago White Sox
May 9-11 – New York Mets
May 12-14 – @Miami
May 15-17 – @Colorado
May 19-21 – New York Yankees
May 22-25 – St. Louis
May 26-28 – @Chicago Cubs
May 30-June 1 – @Boston
June 2-5 – Milwaukee
June 6-8 – Los Angeles Dodgers
June 9-11 – @St. Louis
June 12-14 – @Kansas City
June 16-18 – @Houston
June 19-21 – Colorado
June 23-25 – Atlanta
June 26-28 – @Baltimore
June 30-July 2 – San Diego
July 3-6 – @Washington
July 7-9 – @Milwaukee
July 14-16 – Milwaukee
July 17-20 – San Francisco
July 21-23 – Arizona
July 24-26 – @Milwaukee
July 28-30 – @Los Angeles Dodgers
Aug. 1-3 – @Chicago Cubs
Aug. 4-6 – Washington
Aug. 7-9 – Miami
Aug. 11-13 – @Pittsbrugh
Aug. 15-16 – Cleveland
Aug. 18-20 – Toronto
Aug. 21-23 – @Los Angeles Angels
Aug. 24-27 – @Arizona
Aug. 28-30 – @San Francisco
Sept. 1-3 – Chicago Cubs
Sept. 4-6 – Seattle
Sept. 8-10 – St. Louis
Sept. 12-14 – @Detroit
Sept. 15-17 – @New York Mets
Sept. 18-20 – Minnesota
Sept. 22-24 – Pittsburgh
Sept. 26-27 – @Cleveland
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 – @St. Louis
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: 2023 Cincinnati Reds schedule: Opening Day is March 30 vs. Pirates
