The Major League Baseball (MLB) is close to returning to Mexico in 2026and will do it with a Official regular seasonal games in the Mexico Cityas confirmed Rodrigo FernándezDirector of the MLB Mexico Office In an interview for ESPN.
The announcement was given during the red gala dinner carpet for the centenary of the Mexican Baseball League (LMB).
Although organizations that will star in this historical series have not yet revealed, Fernández said that the details are in the final stages of definition:
“We are going to have Major Leagues in Mexico in 2026. We still cannot announce the teams, but we are in the last details,” he said.
Mexico City will be the headquarters of a MLB game
The two meetings will be played in the Alfredo Harp Helú stadiumlocated in the capital of the country. It will be one weekend serieswhich anticipates a large influx of fans and a festive atmosphere similar to that of the matches held in previous years.
“They are two games, it is a regular season series, they are two games on the weekend and it is in Mexico City,” confirmed the manager.
Mexico happy with MLB series
The MLB has left their mark on Mexico in past events, as in 2023, when the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants They also faced the CDMX, with an extraordinary response from the public.
Fernández also revealed that Boston Red Sox They were “very happy” after their visit to Mexico in a preseason game against the Monterrey Sultanswhich has further motivated the efforts for the official return of the MLB to the country.
A winter league between MLB and LMB on the way
In addition to the return of the official games, the MLB and the LMB continue in conversations to launch a Joint winter leaguean initiative that could open development opportunities for Mexican players and international talents:
“Ideally, we would like this league that we are going to do in winter, a team or several that competed with both universities from the United States and Dominican Summer League teams could come out,” Fernández added.
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