All 30 Major League Baseball teams to play one another in a season for first time in 2023

All 30 teams will play one another in a season for the first time in the interleague era, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday as it released the schedule for the 2023 season.

As a result, division opponents will play each other just 13 times in a season — down from 19.

The new balanced schedule for 2023 has each team hosting a three-game series or playing a three-game series on the road against every team from the opposite league. Natural rivals — like the Mets-Yankees, Dodgers-Angels and Cubs-White Sox — will play each other four times, twice at home and twice on the road.

Previously, other than natural rivals, teams would only participate in interleague play each season against a single division from the opposite league. The changes mean not every team will visit every city each year, but they're all guaranteed one series against each team from the other league.

Additionally, teams will play one home and road series — consisting of three or four games — against teams from outside their division but in the same league. For example, the Mets will visit the Milwaukee Brewers on May 3-5, while hosting them for four games on June 26-29.

«The new balanced schedule will feature all 30 clubs playing each other for at least one series in 2023,» MLB Chief Operations & Strategy Officer Chris Marinak said in a statement. «This new format creates more consistent opponent matchups as clubs compete for postseason berths, particularly in the recently expanded wild card round.

»Additionally, this fan-friendly format provides fans with the opportunity to see more opponent matchups, with a particular focus on dramatically expanding our most exciting Interleague matchups, and offers more national exposure to the star players