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The Cubs’ 2026 spring training schedule includes an exhibition game against Team Italy and wraps with two days of playing host to the Yankees.
Major League Baseball revealed spring training schedules on Wednesday, with the World Baseball Classic returning and adding another wrinkle to the leadup to the MLB season.
Players participating in the WBC will have an earlier ramp-up than usual. And 28 exhibition games, including the Cubs’ matchup with the Italian national team on March 3, will take place across the Cactus and Grapefruit leagues on March 3 and 4.
WBC games will open on March 4 in Tokyo, and the North American venues (San Juan, Houston and Miami) will begin hosting games on March 6.