Oakland Athletics And Seattle Mariners To Play In Tokyo 2019

Aug 22, 2018, 12:00 AM | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 11:33 am

(Photo Credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)...

(Photo Credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

(Photo Credit: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Major League Baseball announced the schedule for its 2019 regular season on Wednesday, August 22.

It has been reported that the campaign will begin with a series between the AL West rival the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners in Tokyo on March 20-21, per Manny Randhawa and Chad Thornburg of MLB.com.

The game will take place ahead of the standard Opening Day on March 28, which is the earliest date in league history.

The 2019 MLB All-Star Game is scheduled for July 9 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.

Check out the A’s 2019 schedule:

UPDATE: The Athletics have released their 2019 Spring Training Schedule:

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