Cubs, Sox Opening Day: Get Your Tickets Here

CHICAGO, IL — The polar vortex may be over, but even as cold, winter temperatures linger in Chicago, there are some signs of spring. Both the Chicago Cubs and their crosstown rivals, the Chicago White Sox, are in Arizona for spring training, and the official first day of spring is just 21 days away.

Is the smell of freshly mowed grass wafting into your nostrils? Are your taste buds salivating at the thought of a newly unwrapped juicy hot dog? Not yet, maybe. But soon. Which means baseball season is right around the next cold snap. That’s right — the MLB season is just a snowball’s throw away, and what better way to watch than to take the kids or some friends to Opening Day.

Chicago White Sox

The White Sox will take on the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, April 4, and you can catch all the action — or, if you’re really lucky, a foul ball — for as little as $34. Click here to find tickets at Guaranteed Rate Field and enter the promo code “PatchTickets10” at checkout to get 10 percent off.

The South Siders are coming off a 62-100 season in which they came in fourth in American League Central standings — the same ranking they've had since 2014.

Chicago Cubs

Meanwhile, on the north side, The Chicago Cubs face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday, April 8 at Wrigley Field. Tickets start at $68, and once again you can click here to find tickets and enter the promo code “PatchTickets10” at checkout to get 10 percent off.

The Cubs came in second in the National League Central with a 95-68 record.

Both Chicago teams will have their work cut out for them this year. In case you forgot, the Red Sox won an impressive 108 games and went on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series. The Red Sox are the early favorites to win it all again in 2019, according to the odds-aggregating site Oddschecker.com. Bookmakers are giving the boys from Fenway about a 13 to 15 percent chance of repeating as champions.

The Houston Astros and New York Yankees — both American League teams that reached the playoffs last year and also won at least 100 games — are the next favorites to win it all this year. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers are the early favorites to win the championship out of the National League. Bookmakers put their odds at between 11 percent and 12 percent.

Here’s the full list of Opening Day games from around the league:

March 28

• Texas Rangers vs. Chicago Cubs
• Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets
• New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles
• Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
• Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals
• San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants
• Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves
• Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Indians
• Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers
• Tampa Bay Rays vs. Houston Astros
• Seattle Mariners vs. Boston Red Sox
• Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
• Miami Marlins vs. Colorado Rockies

April 1

• Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
• Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago White Sox
• Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs

April 4

• New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals
• Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals
• Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle Mariners
• Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees
• St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Padres
• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. Texas Rangers

April 5

• Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
• Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Boston Red Sox
• Houston Astros vs. Oakland Athletics

April 8

• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

April 9

• Boston Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays
• Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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