2016 Major League Baseball season
| 2016 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 3, 2016– October 2, 2016 |
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | AL: NL: |
| League Postseason | |
| World Series | |
The 2016 Major League Baseball season is tentatively set to begin on April 3, 2016. with a Sunday Night game. And it will end on Sunday October 2, 2016. The schedule was released in September 2015.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game's 87th edition will be held on July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego, California, home of the San Diego Padres. The winning league will get home-field advantage in the World Series.
The 2016 Civil Rights Game will be played at a date and at a stadium to be announced.
Schedule
As was the case in 2015, teams are scheduled to play 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions in its league for a total of 66 games.
All teams are scheduled to play 20 interleague games throughout the season.
Managerial changes
General managers
Offseason
| Team | Former GM | New GM | Reason for leaving | Story/Accomplishments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | Bill Stoneman | Billy Eppler | Interim | On October 4 the night after the regular season ended in a loss to the Rangers the Angels hired Billy Eppler as there new premant General Manager replacing Bill Stoneman who was the interim GM after Jerry Dipoto who resigned earlier in the season. |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Doug Melvin | David Stearns | Resigned | On September 21 David Stearns replaced Doug Melvin who resigned from the club as general manager. He started his new job on October 5. |
| Oakland Athletics | Billy Beane | David Forst | Promoted | On October 5 General Manager Billy Beane was promoted To Executive General Manager. David Frost was promoted as the new General Manager. |
| Seattle Mariners | Jeff Kingston | Jerry Dipoto | Interim | On September 28, Jerry Dipoto was named the new permanent general manager of the Mariners, replacing interim GM Jeff Kingston, who replaced Jack Zudriencik.[1] |
In-season
| Date | Team | Former GM | New GM | Reason for leaving | Former job |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Field managers
Offseason
At the end of the 2015 season, the following teams made replacements to their managers.
| Team | Former Manager | Interim Manager | Reason for leaving | New Manager | Story/Accomplishments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Nationals | Matt Williams | None | Fired | Barry Larkin | Matt Williams was fired on October 5 after 2 seasons with the team. He guided them to the division title in 2014 before losing to the world champion San Francisco Giants. He finished with a 179–145 record.[2] |
| San Diego Padres | Pat Murphy | None | Interim tag not removed | TBA | Pat Murphy was named interim manager on June 16, 2015, after Bud Black was fired. He finished the 2015 season with a record of 42–53. |
| Miami Marlins | Dan Jennings | None | Offered to return to the role of General Manager | TBA | Jennings made the unusual move from GM to manager when the Marlins fired Mike Redmond in May after a 16-22 start. The change failed to spark a turnaround, and the injury-riddled Marlins finished at 71-91, their sixth consecutive losing season. |
In-season
| Date | Team | Former manager | Interim manager | Reason for leaving | New manager | Story/Accomplishments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uniforms
Wholesale changes
Anniversaries and special events
The following teams will wear commemorative patches for special occasions:
| Team | Special occasion |
|---|---|
| All 30 teams | Breast Cancer patch on May 8, Mother's Day |
| All 30 teams | Prostate Cancer patch on June 19, Father's Day |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 15th Anniversary Of 2001 World Championship |
| Minnesota Twins | 25th Anniversary Of 1991 World Championship |
| New York Mets | 30th Anniversary Of 1986 World Championship |
| New York Yankees | 20th Anniversary of 1996 World Championship |
| San Diego Padres | 2016 All Star Game |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 10th Anniversary of 2006 World Championship |
Throwbacks
Other uniforms
Players, coaches, and umpires at all games will wear #42 on April 15, the 69th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in the majors.
Stadiums
This will be the Atlanta Braves' final season at Turner Field before moving into their new ballpark called SunTrust Park in Cobb County, Georgia. The Braves will play their final game at Turner Field against the Detroit Tigers on October 2, 2016.
Television
National
United States
This will be the third year of the current eight year deals with Fox, ESPN and TBS. Fox will air eight weeks of baseball on Saturday night leading up to the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game which will also air on Fox. Fox will then televise Saturday afternoon games for the last four weeks of the regular season. Fox Sports 1 will televise games on Tuesday nights And Saturdays, both during the afternoon and night. ESPN will televise games on its flagship telecast, Sunday Night Baseball, as well as Monday and Wednesday nights. TBS will televise Sunday Afternoon games for the last thirteen weeks of the regular season. Fox and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Telecasts will be exclusive; all other national telecasts will be subject to local blackout.
TBS will televise the American League Wild Card Game, Division Series, and Championship Series. ESPN will televise the National League Wild Card Game, Fox Sports 1 and MLB Network will televise National League Division Series, and Fox and Fox Sports 1 will televise the National League Championship Series. The World Series will air exclusively on Fox for the seventeenth consecutive year. All postseason games will air on ESPN Radio.
Local
Radio
ESPN Radio will air its 19th season of national coverage, including Sunday Night Games, Saturday games, Opening Day and holiday games, the All-Star Game, and Home Run Derby, and the entire postseason.
Local
WLS will be the new flagship radio home of the Chicago White Sox starting in April 2016. After current station WSCR just gave up the broadcasting rights after 9 years. WSCR will be the new radio flagship home of the Chicago Cubs starting in April 2016. After current station WBBM gave up the broadcasting rights after just one year.
References
- ^ Gleeman, Aaron. "Mariners hire ex-Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto as new GM". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ Gleeman, Aaron (October 5, 2015). "Nationals fire reigning manager of the year Matt Williams". hardballtalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved October 5, 2015.