In case you haven’t heard yet, the 2023 Major League Baseball season will feature all 30 teams playing each other at some point. No more heavy divisional play with a handful of interleague games. All teams face off at least once this year.
It’s a polarizing decision among fans. Does the regular season even matter anymore? No, not as much, but the tradeoff is a loaded San Diego Padres team facing the Yankees in the Bronx in May. Between them and the spurned-by-Aaron Judge Giants, two new rivalries could be born.
On the Mets side, it’s an opportunity to keep competing and show the whole league last season’s early postseason exit was a fluke.