Cubs announce 2017 Spring Training Schedule |
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today announced their 2017 Spring Training schedule, which begins on Saturday, February 25 with a split squad day that includes the club’s Sloan Park opener against the Oakland Athletics and a road game at the San Francisco Giants.
The club’s 37-game schedule includes 17 games at Sloan Park, 16 Cactus League road games, two games in Las Vegas against the Cincinnati Reds on March 25-26 and a pair of games in Houston to close out the exhibition schedule on March 30-31 at Minute Maid Park. The Cubs and White Sox play twice next spring – Monday, February 27 in Mesa and Friday, March 17 in Glendale. The Cubs will also play two World Baseball Classic opponents at Sloan Park – March 7 vs. Team Italy and March 18 vs. a team that emerges from the Asia bracket. Individual game tickets for the 2017 Chicago Cubs home spring training games at Sloan Park will go on sale Saturday, January 7 at 11 a.m. CT at the Sloan Park ticket office, on www.cubs.com or by calling 1-800-THE-CUBS. For season ticket and group ticket information please visit www.sloanpark.com or call 1-800-THE-CUBS. Fans may direct ticket and additional spring training questions to mesa@cubs.com. For continuously updated information and to take a virtual tour of Sloan Park, please visit www.sloanpark.com. The Cubs 2017 Spring Training schedule is below. All games are scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise denoted (start times still subject to change). Cubs split squad games are denoted with an (ss). DATE OPPONENT SITE Saturday, February 25 Oakland Athletics (ss) SLOAN PARK San Francisco Giants (ss) Scottsdale Sunday, February 26 Cleveland Indians SLOAN PARK Monday, February 27 Chicago White Sox SLOAN PARK Tuesday, February 28 Los Angeles Angels SLOAN PARK Wednesday, March 1 Kansas City Royals Surprise Thursday, March 2 Cincinnati Reds Goodyear Friday, March 3 Cincinnati Reds SLOAN PARK Saturday, March 4 Los Angeles Dodgers SLOAN PARK Sunday, March 5 Texas Rangers Surprise Monday, March 6 Los Angeles Angels Tempe Tuesday, March 7 Team Italy SLOAN PARK Wednesday, March 8 OFF DAY Thursday, March 9 Seattle Mariners SLOAN PARK Friday, March 10 Seattle Mariners Peoria Saturday, March 11 Colorado Rockies SLOAN PARK Sunday, March 12 Oakland Athletics Mesa Monday, March 13 San Diego Padres Peoria Tuesday, March 14 Milwaukee Brewers SLOAN PARK Wednesday, March 15 Arizona Diamondbacks (7:05 p.m.) SLOAN PARK Thursday, March 16 Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale Friday, March 17 Chicago White Sox Glendale Saturday, March 18 Asia WBC Team (ss) SLOAN PARK Milwaukee Brewers (ss) Maryvale Sunday, March 19 Kansas City Royals (7:05 p.m.) SLOAN PARK Monday, March 20 Colorado Rockies Scottsdale Tuesday, March 21 OFF DAY Wednesday, March 22 Cincinnati Reds (6:05 p.m.) Goodyear Thursday, March 23 Arizona Diamondbacks Scottsdale Friday, March 24 Cleveland Indians SLOAN PARK Saturday, March 25 Cleveland Indians (ss) Goodyear Cincinnati Reds (ss) (TBD) Las Vegas Sunday, March 26 San Diego Padres (ss) SLOAN PARK Cincinnati Reds (ss) (1:05 p.m. Vegas time) Las Vegas Monday, March 27 Cleveland Indians (6:05 p.m.) Goodyear Tuesday, March 28 San Francisco Giants SLOAN PARK Wednesday, March 29 Oakland Athletics SLOAN PARK Thursday, March 30 Houston Astros (7:10 p.m. CT) Houston Friday, March 31 Houston Astros (1:10 p.m. CT) Houston
