{"id":424390,"date":"2026-01-20T01:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424390\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:06:09","slug":"mlb-mexico-city-series-diamondbacks-and-padres-to-play-two-games-in-april-2026-mlb-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424390\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Mexico City Series: Diamondbacks and Padres to play two games in April 2026 | MLB News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fernando-tats-jr.jpg\" alt=\"MLB Mexico City Series: Diamondbacks and Padres to play two games in April 2026\" title=\"Fernando Tat\u00eds Jr. (Image Source: Getty)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Fernando Tat\u00eds Jr. (Image Source: Getty) Major League Baseball will return to Mexico City in April 2026, with the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres meeting there for a two-game regular-season series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Hel\u00fa. The games, scheduled for Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, add another layer to MLB&#8217;s expanding international slate.The game is part of the league&#8217;s efforts to expand its global presence and give international fans the opportunity to watch meaningful regular-season games. With vociferous crowds, state-of-the-art venues, and a regional passion for the game, Mexico City has also swiftly emerged as one of MLB&#8217;s most stalwart overseas venues. The series also provides both teams with a welcome change of pace to perform on a different stage while maintaining the competitive intensity of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City returns as a regular-season destination<\/p>\n<p>Estadio Alfredo Harp Hel\u00fa will once again host Major League Baseball action, with the Diamondbacks as the home team in both games. Opened in 2019, the ballpark has already become a coveted landing spot for international MLB matchups, attracting crowds of thousands whenever it&#8217;s on the schedule.As with previous Mexico City contests, demand for tickets to the series should be considerable. MLB and the respective host clubs have marketed the event as a full weekend, with team events, community outreach, and fan festivals planned around the games. Not only will the contests count in the regular-season standings, but they will also help showcase the sport to a growing number of fans in Mexico.It\u2019s also a good match from a logistics standpoint, as it slots the series early in the season, when both teams will have minimal travel disruption, while allowing both clubs to be involved in MLB\u2019s global initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Why the Diamondbacks and Padres make sense for Mexico<\/p>\n<p>The Padres have a history of international play, and, with their close proximity to the Mexican border and, over the last ten years, their contextual proximity to Latin American star talent, they have developed a strong fan base within the country. Since they drew huge crowds in Mexico City on previous occasions, they were a logical choice for another international series.The 2026 games are an additional opportunity for the Diamondbacks to broaden their brand beyond the United States. Arizona has a traditional connection to training professional players in Mexico, as well as organizing large international events as part of a wider effort to expand outward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Tat\u00eds Jr. (Image Source: Getty) Major League Baseball will return to Mexico City in April 2026, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,223029,223027,223028,223030,591,223026,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-424390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-diamondbacks-vs-padres","11":"tag-estadio-alfredo-harp-helu","12":"tag-international-mlb-games","13":"tag-major-league-baseball-in-mexico","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-mlb-mexico-city-series","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}