December 18th: The Yankees announced some minor changes to their Spring Training schedule. Instead of what’s listed on the calendar below, they’ll play the Tigers at home on March 28th (6:35pm ET), split squad games against the Pirates (home) and Phillies (road) on March 29th (both 1:05pm ET), and then play the Braves on the road on March 30th (1:05pm ET). Those are the only changes. Just in case, you know, you have tickets or something.
November 13th: Mark your calendars, folks. The 2016 Spring Training schedule has been announced. Earlier today the Yankees announced pitchers and catchers will report to camp on Thursday, February 18th to begin the new season. Position players report Wednesday, February 24th, and the first full squad workout is scheduled for February 25th.
The Yankees will play their first Grapefruit League game at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa on Wednesday, March 2nd. That’s a 1pm ET start against the Tigers. The Yankees are playing a total of 33 exhibition games next spring, including 16 at home at GMS Field. The spring schedule concludes with a pair of exhibition games against Don Mattingly and the Marlins at Marlins Park on April 1st and 2nd. That’s a Friday and Saturday.
Here is the complete Grapefruit League schedule from the team’s official site:
Something like 28 of 34 exhibition games were broadcast this past spring, either on YES or MLB Network or MLB.tv or wherever. I’m sure the same will be true next spring. Remember when watching Grapefruit League games was unthinkable? Spring Training games are meaningless but they’re still fun to watch in their own way. Technology is a wonderful thing.
Anyway, now we all have a date we can look forward to. Pitchers and catchers report February 18th and the first Spring Training game follows two weeks later. Now we just have to ride out the rest of the offseason.
The Yankees open the 2016 regular season at home against the Astros on Monday, April 4th.
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