Posted in 2025 in Baseball
There are rumors the Padres and Diamondbacks are in discussions with MLB about playing a regular season series in Mexico City in 2026. This is not confirmed news, just a rumor.
The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres are in talks with Major League Baseball to potentially play a regular-season series in Mexico City in 2026, per The Athletic’s Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal. While the event hasn’t been officially confirmed, discussions are ongoing.
This series would be part of MLB’s World Tour initiative, a product of the 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Players Association. The CBA lays out plans for international games to grow the sport’s global presence. It specifically allows for:
The Padres and Diamondbacks were scheduled for Mexico City in April 2020, but the games were canceled due to the pandemic.
Read more about watching the games on tv and streaming. The game will be available on MLB.TV
In 2019, the San Diego Padres played an exhibition game, the first game at the new Mexico City ballpark, against the Diablos Rojos del México. The Padres won with a final score of 11-2.
But this is the first ever regular season MLB game hosted in Mexico City. It was originally scheduled for 2020. But, well, then 2020 happened. These games are part of what is being called “MLB Tour-Mexico City.” Games are planned for 2024 and 2025 as well but opponents have not yet been determined.
The games in Mexico count as home games for the Padres. Read more about the Padres’ Mexican connection.
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