T he New York Yankees won’t make their Sunday Night Baseball debut until May this season, and in something of a twist, it will not be against the Red Sox. Instead, the Yankees w

Major League Baseball has announced its first half schedule for Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN, headlined by the Opening Week game of the Atlanta Braves taking on the San Diego Padres. Here are the five best matchups on the slate.

Baseball” schedule for the first half of the 2025 season includes the Los Angeles Dodgers featured in five of the games. In addition, they could be schedule for more later in the year, as happened multiple times in 2024.

ESPN, in conjunction with Major League Baseball, announced its 2025 early-season Sunday Night Baseball schedule on Wednesday. The 36th season of ESPN’s exclusive Major League Baseball game of the week begins on March 30 when the San Diego Padres and Fernando Tatís Jr.

ESPN released its initial Sunday Night Baseball schedule for 2025 (through mid-July, plus the August 18 Little League Classic), and the Mets are featured three times thus far: May 18th vs the Yankees at Yankee Stadium,