Probably the most instantly noteworthy facet of this schedule is that 2023 would be the first 12 months during which Main League Baseball adopts a brand new mannequin during which each group faces all 29 different groups at the least as soon as. This diversification corresponds with a discount within the variety of intra-division video games. 

That is excellent news for these of us who tire of watching 19 video games yearly towards the Tigers and Royals, albeit whereas diminishing Minnesota’s aggressive benefit of enjoying within the sometimes weaker AL Central. 

The Twins now simply face every division opponent 12 occasions, which frees up house to incorporate each sequence towards each Nationwide League group along with the same old full American League slate. Learn on for some particular nuggets of curiosity from a glance over the 2023 Twins schedule.

Getting Goliath Out of the Means Early

The dreaded showdowns towards the New York Yankees will likely be over with shortly, because the Twins face seven occasions of their first 25 video games, concluding their regular-season engagements with the Bronx Bombers by April twenty sixth. Minnesota’s fifth sequence of the season is a four-gamer at Yankee Stadium, so they will not have a lot time to get snug.

Nationwide League Street Journeys

Along with their ordinary ventures to each AL metropolis, the Twins will now have much more selection of their highway locations by advantage of the scheduling change. Notable away sequence subsequent 12 months happen in Miami (April 3-5), Atlanta (June 26-28), St. Louis (August 1-3), Philadelphia (August 11-13), Cincinnati (September 18-20), and a season-closing journey to Colorado (September 29-October 1).

Midweek Milwaukee Journeys … Once more

In what’s change into a well-recognized custom, the Twins additionally play a “home-and-home” cut up with the NL group that is been deemed their interleague rival: the Milwaukee Brewers, with two video games right here and two video games there. And in what’s additionally sadly change into a convention, each are midweek sequence:

• Tuesday and Wednesday, June thirteenth and 14th at Goal Discipline
• Tuesday and Wednesday, August twenty second and twenty third at American Household Discipline

This occurs just about yearly and it is one of the vexing quirks of the schedule from my view. Minneapolis to Milwaukee is a pleasant simple drive and whereas it won’t really feel like a real “rivalry” the dynamic between these two fan bases is enjoyable. The midweek scheduling makes these journeys impractical for lots of people, nonetheless.

No Late-Season Divisional Showdowns

In a stark distinction to this season, the place the Twins have a September schedule loaded with AL Central foes, together with six of their closing 9 video games towards the White Sox, the Twins face zero divisional opponents have solely seven such video games after August thirty first subsequent 12 months, and they’re all on the highway: three video games at Cleveland (September 4-6) and 4 at Chicago (September 14-17). It’s going to put the Twins in a considerably robust place if they should make up floor or create distance within the standings late within the 12 months. 

As you look over the 2023 schedule, what strikes you? Which highway journeys are you plotting for subsequent summer time? What are your ideas on the brand new scheduling conference? Hold forth within the feedback.