Yesterday, Major League Baseball officially announced every team’s schedule for 2026.
And I’ll be honest, the Red Sox’ schedule kind of sucks!
When Major League Baseball implemented the “balanced schedule” a few years ago, fan opinion was mostly positive. It’s great that every team plays every team now. That is genuinely good for the game. However, some were a bit skeptical about the new scheduling quirks. The biggest complaint consistently being that games against your own division were essentially cut in half.
I’ll admit that I was one of the people who didn’t really care about losing divisional games. I was simply excited that I could see every team in baseball play my Red Sox, and even maybe get some fun trips with my friends out of it. But now, looking at the schedule for 2026, I’m