Apple and Major League Baseball Announce the First 12 Weeks of Friday Night Baseball
Apple and Major League Baseball (also known as MLB) announced today the first half of the 2022 Friday Night Baseball schedule. These games are available to anyone with internet access, for free, through the Apple TV app.
Friday Night Baseball will premiere on April 8th with two games: the New York Mets versus the Washington Nationals, live from Nationals Park, beginning at 7 PM Eastern Time, featuring the Mets debut of three-time Cy Young Award-winner and eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer taking on All-Star Juan Soto and the Nationals; and at 9:30 PM Eastern Time, the Houston Astros will face off against the Los Angeles Angels, live from Angel Stadium, featuring three-time American League MVP Mike Trout and American League MVP Shohei Ohtani and the Angels taking on Jose Altuve and Alex Bergman and the defending American League Champion Astors.
The following week, on April 15th, the MLB will commemorate Jackie Robinson Day, marking the 75th anniversary of the Hall of Famer's Major League debut. That night, Friday Night Baseball will feature coverage of American League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Randy Arozarena and the Tampa Bay Rays against All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson and the Chicago White Sox. Robinson's MLB franchise, the Los Angeles Dodgers, will be featured with 2020 National League MVP Freddie Freeman and his Dodger teammates hosting 2021's National League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Jonathan India and the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium.
Friday Night Baseball games will be available to anyone with access to the internet and wherever Apple TV+ can be found, like the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV 4K and HD, tv.apple.com, along with select smart TVs, gaming consoles, and cable set-top boxes. Friday Night Baseball will include both a pre-show and a post-game show for each game and will be available in the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, without the need for a subscription for a limited time.
Details regarding additional game schedules throughout the regular season, broadcast teams, production enhancements, and pre-game and post-game coverage will be announced at a later date.
For now, here are the details, courtesy of Apple:
Friday Night Baseball Schedule on Apple TV+
Friday, April 8
New York Mets at Washington Nationals
7 p.m. ET
Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, April 15
Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox
7 p.m. ET
Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers
10 p.m. ET
Friday, April 22
St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
6:30 p.m. ET
Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, April 29
New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals
8 p.m. ET
Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants
10 p.m. ET
Friday, May 6
Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
7 p.m. ET
Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, May 13
San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves
7 p.m. ET
Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, May 20
St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates
6:30 p.m. ET
Texas Rangers at Houston Astros
8 p.m. ET
Friday, May 27
Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox
7 p.m. ET
Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Angels
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, June 3
Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees
7 p.m. ET
Atlanta Braves at Colorado Rockies
8:30 p.m. ET
Friday, June 10
Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins
8 p.m. ET
New York Mets at Los Angeles Angels
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, June 17
Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros
8 p.m. ET
Cleveland Guardians at Los Angeles Dodgers
10 p.m. ET
Friday, June 24
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
8 p.m. ET
Detroit Tigers at Arizona Diamondbacks
9:30 p.m. ET
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