LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers will play 18 Grapefruit League games this season.
The spring training schedule begins with a March 18 home game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida, followed by a trip to Bradenton for a March 19 clash with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Spring training concludes April 5 in Tampa against the New York Yankees.
Before MLB's lockout, the Tigers were slated for 33 games.
Under the new format, the Tigers will play in a four-team pod with the Phillies (five games), Yankees (five games) and Toronto Blue Jays (four games), while also taking on the Pirates (two games) and Baltimore Orioles (two games).