2017 Major League Baseball season
| 2017 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 2, 2017 – October 1, 2017 |
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| Regular season | |
| League Postseason | |
| World Series | |
The 2017 Major League Baseball season will be the 117th season of Major League Baseball in the modern era. The schedule was released on September 14, 2016. The 2017 season will begin with three games beginning with the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs traveling to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals on April 2, which will be ESPN's first Sunday Night Baseball game of the year and the season will end on October 1. The postseason will begin on October 3.
The 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be held on July 11 at Marlins Park, home of the Miami Marlins. For the first time since 2002, the All Star Game will not determine home field advantage for the World Series. Instead, home field advantage will be awarded to the team with the better regular season record. The 2017 World Series is set to begin October 24 and a potential game 7 is scheduled for November 1.
The 2017 Major League Baseball draft will begin on June 12.
As has been the case since 2013, all teams will play their four division opponents 19 times each for a total of 76 games. They will play six or seven games against each of the other 10 same-league opponents for a total of 66 games, and 20 interleague games. The primary interleague matchups are AL East vs. NL Central, AL Central vs. NL West, and AL West vs. NL East. Teams will also play four games against a designated interleague rival.
The Arizona Diamondbacks tweaked their uniform set that was unveiled last season. The pant stripes now reach to the hip, while the gradient below was removed. The road uniform lettering is also changed to improve visibility.
The San Diego Padres unveiled new home and road uniforms, with noticeable changes such as the team name and the removal of yellow on the home uniforms, the bowtie-shaped lettering in the city name on the road uniforms, and the interlocking "SD" on both uniforms.
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