The Detroit Tigers’ 2025 season will have one of the earliest starts in franchise history — and probably a late start, as well.
According to the schedule released by MLB on Thursday, the Tigers are set to open 2025 with a road interleague series against Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers in Los Angeles on March 27. That’s a day earlier than the franchise’s previous earliest start, March 28 (this season and 2019). No times have been released for Opening Day.
The Tigers’ early West Coast trip will continue with a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners on March 31-April 2 before the team arrives in Detroit for the home opener against the Chicago White Sox on April 4. MLB is banking on good weather for the Tigers’ home opener, with April 4 a Friday and the series against the White Sox having no off days built in for inclement weather.
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The early start to 2025 will result in an early finish, as well, at the Tigers will wrap up the season on the road in Boston on Sept. 28. The Tigers’ home finale is set for Sept 21 against the Atlanta Braves.
Other schedule notes:
∎ The Tigers will end the first half of the season at home with a visit from the Mariners on July 11-13, with the All-Star Game set for July 15 in Atlanta.
∎ There are just nine games against American League Central foes set for the season’s final month, with the Tigers hosting the White Sox on Sept. 5-7 and the Cleveland Guardians on Sept. 16-18 and then visiting the Guardians on Sept. 23-25.
∎ The Tigers will break in a new West Coast city in August as they visit the Athletics, who will play the 2025 season in Sacramento, California, ahead of their planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season. The Tigers and A’s will face off at Sutter Health Park, which seats approximately 14,000, from Aug. 25-27.
∎ As part of MLB’s balanced schedule, the Tigers play every team, AL and NL, for at least one series. The National League teams coming to Comerica Park: San Diego (April 21-23), San Francisco (May 26-28), Chicago Cubs (June 6-8), Cincinnati (Jun 13-15), Pittsburgh (June 17-19), Arizona (July 28-30), N.Y. Mets (Sept. 1-3) and Atlanta (Sept. 19-21).
Detroit Tigers’ 2025 schedule
March 27-29: At L.A. Dodgers
March 31-April 2: At Seattle Mariners
April 4-6: Chicago White Sox
April 7-9: N.Y. Yankees
April 11-13: At Minnesota Twins
April 14-16: At Milwaukee Brewers
April 17-20: Kansas City Royals
April 21-23: San Diego Padres
April 25-27: Baltimore Orioles
April 28-30: At Houston Astros
May 1-4: At L.A. Angels
May 6-8: At Colorado Rockies
May 9-11: Texas Rangers
May 12-14: Boston Red Sox
May 16-18: At Toronto Blue Jays
May 19-21: At St. Louis Cardinals
May 22-25: Cleveland Guardians
May 26-28: San Francisco Giants
May 30-June 1: At Kansas City Royals
June 2-5: At Chicago White Sox
June 6-8: Chicago Cubs
June 10-12: At Baltimore Orioles
June 13-15: Cincinnati Reds
June 17-19: Pittsburgh Pirates
June 20-22: At Tampa Bay Rays
June 24-26: Oakland Athletics
June 27-29: Minnesota Twins
July 1-3: At Washington Nationals
July 4-6: At Cleveland Guardians
July 7-9: Tampa Bay Rays
July 11-13: Seattle Mariners
July 15: All-Star Game, Atlanta
July 18-20: At Texas Rangers
July 21-23: At Pittsburgh Pirates
July 24-27: Toronto Blue Jays
July 28-30: Arizona Diamondbacks
Aug. 1-3: At Philadelphia Phillies
Aug. 4-6: Minnesota Twins
Aug. 8-10: L.A. Angels
Aug. 11-13: At Chicago White Sox
Aug. 14-17: At Minnesota Twins
Aug. 18-20: Houston Astros
Aug. 22-24: Kansas City Royals
Aug. 25-27: Oakland Athletics, at Sacramento, California.
Aug. 29-31: At Kansas City Royals
Sept. 1-3: N.Y. Mets
Sept. 5-7: Chicago White Sox
Sept. 9-11: At N.Y. Yankees
Sept. 12-14: At Miami Marlins
Sept. 16-18: Cleveland Guardians
Sept. 19-21: Atlanta Braves
Sept. 23-25: At Cleveland Guardians
Sept. 26-28: At Boston Red Sox
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