With the World Baseball Classic beginning on March 5, participating players will soon depart their clubs' camps to gather with national teams. The 2026 regular season begins on March 25 with the San Francisco Giants hosting the Yankees. Here's what to know for the opening days of spring training games:

A number of DirecTV packages will get you the essential channels for the 2026 MLB season, including Fox, FS1, ESPN, ABC, and MLB Network, which you'll need to watch spring training games live. Every plan also includes a subscription to ESPN Unlimited, ESPN's new streaming platform.

It's no surprise that the Dodgers and Yankees are delivering robust schedules this spring. But one team that doesn't even have a regional sports network anymore is really stepping up.

MLB spring training officially gets underway on Feb. 20 with five games.

MLB.TV has access to every game, including Detroit Tigers games that won’t air on cable TV. FuboTV and DirecTV Stream subscribers can add MLB.TV to their plan for $24.99 per month to get every out-of-market game and more exclusive coverage throughout the MLB season.

Check out the upcoming exhibition games schedule this week for the Mets at spring training 2026.

The Detroit Tigers hope to make a deeper playoff run behind pitcher Tarik Skubal. First, they come to Lakeland, Florida for MLB spring training 2026.

Major League Baseball today announced plans to expand upon its highly successful Spring Breakout with the 2027 launch of the new Spring Breakout Tournament. The new single-elimination tournament in late March,

The New York Yankees hold their first spring training workout of 2026 on Feb. 12 in Tampa, Florida.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will expand its Spring Breakout of games involving top prospects into a tournament next year, when the big league exhibition schedule could be impacted by a possible lockout.