The 2024 Major League Baseball season (MLB) began on March 20–21 with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres held in Seoul, South Korea, before the regular season proper ran from March 28 to September 30.
[1][2] The 94th All-Star Game was played on July 16 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas,[3] with the American League winning, 5–3.
[8] Only two teams were unable to complete the entire 162-game regular season schedule, as the game between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on September 29 was scrapped due to rain and never made up, owing to scheduling constraints and the game being inconsequential to the playoffs.
[12][1] As part of the MLB World Tour, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres opened the season at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on March 20–21, in the first-ever MLB regular season games played in South Korea.
[13][14] Other MLB World Tour series include the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City on April 27–28,[15] the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies at London Stadium in London on June 8–9,[12][1] and the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays in spring training at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo on March 9–10.
The San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama on June 20, in a game honoring the Negro leagues and Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays, who was supposed to attend the game, but passed away two days before.
The MLB Little League Classic at Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania was played on August 18 with the New York Yankees taking on the Detroit Tigers.
[19] On October 25, Breslow was hired to the position of Chief Baseball Officer, which encompasses the duties of general manager.
On October 1, Stearns was hired to the position of President of Baseball Operations, which encompasses the duties of general manager.
[23] Bench coach Kai Correa was named interim manager for the final three games of the 2023 season.
This will be his second managerial position, previously managing Texas from 2007 to 2014, going 664–611 (.521) and winning the AL pennant in back-to-back seasons in 2010 and 2011.
He had previously been an assistant coach for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and Texas Rangers.
[41] Wilson, the current Minor League Catching Coordinator, was named as the manager on the same day Servais was fired.
The winners will be selected based on merit, with no set number of nominees per position and no distinction between leagues.
[182] This was the third year of the existing seven-year deals with ESPN, Fox, TBS, Apple TV+, and MLB Network.
As part of MLB's agreement with TelevisaUnivision, Spanish-language coverage of the ALDS and ALCS aired on TUDN, UniMás, and Univision, and streaming on Vix.
Discovery (WBD) wound down its AT&T SportsNet regional sports network (RSN) business prior to the start of the 2024 season.
[217][218] On September 30, 2024, NBC Sports Chicago, the television home of the White Sox, ended its operations after 20 years.