The San Francisco Giants will have a variety of quirks to contend with across their 2025 schedule. Here's a look at what to watch for next year.
Though the 2024 Major League Baseball season is still on its All-Star break, the league is full steam ahead with the 2025 season.
MLB released its full 2025 regular-season schedule on Thursday, and the Giants have several noteworthy series.
Here’s a look at the Giants’ most notable dates:
Opening Day in Cincinnati
San Francisco commences the 2025 season with a three-game set in Cincinnati from March 27-30, including a day off in the middle of the series on March 28. The Reds are famous for their Opening Day festivities, which include a pregame parade through the city streets.
Cincinnati has opened the MLB regular season at home every year since 1876, with one exception, according to the Findlay Market Parade’s website.
The action on the field should also be intriguing, with electrifying 22-year-old Elly de la Cruz highlighting the Reds’ crop of young prospects.
First trip to Sacramento
Traveling on Interstate 80 will have a new meaning for the Giants in 2025.
The Giants have traveled to Sacramento for exhibition games against its Triple-A affiliate, the River Cats, but they have never before played an official MLB game in California’s capital city. That will change next year.
The newly relocated Athletics host the Giants July 4-6 at Sutter Health Park. Both clubs will contend with Sacramento’s scorching summer heat and a new artificial surface scheduled to be installed in time for next season.
In 2025, each MLB team will play six games against its prime interleague rival instead of the four dates they have played in recent years.
San Francisco hosts the A’s May 16-18 at Oracle Park.
Nearly a year without Dodger Blue
Factoring in the remainder of the 2024 season, the Giants will go a long time without facing the Dodgers.
The Giants will face the Dodgers for the final time this season next week (July 22-25) in Los Angeles and will not face their longtime rivals again until June 13-15, 2025, when they are back in Southern California.
The Giants will go over a full calendar year between home series against the Dodgers. San Francisco last hosted the Dodgers at Oracle Park from June 28-30 and will not do so again until July 11-13, 2025.
Holiday road
The Giants will be well-traveled during America’s national holidays, leaving Bay Area fans little chance to spend the day off at the ballpark.
San Francisco will spend Memorial Day in Detroit, Independence Day in Sacramento, and Labor Day in Colorado.
Adding to their itinerant exploits, the Giants play 15 of their first 21 games on the road, including stops in Houston, New York, and Philadelphia. In May and early June, they travel to Chicago, Minnesota, Washington, Detroit, and Miami.
September to remember
The Giants will be very familiar with their September opponents in 2025.
During the regular season’s final month, San Francisco will face four teams. The Giants play two series each against Colorado, Arizona, the Dodgers, and St. Louis.
San Francisco plays each team once at home and once on the road. The Giants wrap up the regular season with a homestand against St. Louis and Colorado from Sept. 22-28 at Oracle Park.
