The 2017 Chicago Cubs Spring Training Schedule is Here!

sloan park mesa cubs marqueeThree months.

Just three short months. You can do it.

That’s how long you’ve got to wait until you see the Chicago Cubs playing another baseball game – another good reason to make a deep run in the playoffs, eh?

The Cubs have released their Spring Training schedule for 2017, and the team’s first Cactus League game in Mesa, Arizona is on February 25 – and there are actually two games, as it’s a split squad day. As of today, the Cubs’ schedule includes a whopping 37 games, 5 more than when last year’s schedule first came out. Split squad or exhibition games are sometimes added as Spring Training approaches, but I wouldn’t expect too many to be added this time around. That’s already an extremely full slate.

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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.

The full Cubs schedule, including the annual trip to Las Vegas, a couple games against World Baseball Classic teams, and an exhibition trip to Houston to close things out, is below. Games generally begin at 1pm local time (but then daylight savings time begins in mid-March, and it moves everything back an hour; see the Cubs’ site for specific game times):

Sat 2/25: vs. A’s at Sloan Park; vs. Giants at Scottsdale
Sun 2/26: vs. Indians at Sloan Park
Mon 2/27: vs. White Sox at Sloan Park
Tue 2/28: vs. Angels at Sloan Park
Wed 3/1: vs. Royals at Surprise
Thu 3/2: vs. Reds at Goodyear
Fri 3/3: vs. Reds at Sloan Park
Sat 3/4: vs. Dodgers at Sloan Park
Sun 3/5: vs. Rangers at Surprise
Mon 3/6: vs. Angels at Tempe
Tue 3/7: vs. Team Italy at Sloan Park
Wed 3/8: OFF

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Thu 3/9: vs. Mariners at Sloan Park
Fri 3/10: vs. Mariners at Peoria
Sat 3/11: vs. Rockies at Sloan Park
Sun 3/12: vs. Athletics at Mesa
Mon 3/13: vs. Padres at Peoria
Tue 3/14: vs. Brewers at Sloan Park
Wed 3/15: vs. Diamondbacks at Sloan Park
Thu 3/16: vs. Dodgers at Glendale
Fri 3/17: vs. White Sox at Glendale
Sat 3/18: vs. Team Asia at Sloan Park; vs. Brewers at Maryvale
Sun 3/19: vs. Royals at Sloan Park
Mon 3/20: vs. Rockies at Talking Stick
Tue 3/21: OFF
Wed 3/22: vs. Reds at Goodyear
Thu 3/23: vs. Diamondbacks at Talking Stick
Fri 3/24: vs. Indians at Sloan Park
Sat 3/25: vs. Indians at Goodyear; vs. Reds at Las Vegas
Sun 3/26: vs. Padres at Sloan Park; vs. Reds at Las Vegas
Mon 3/27: vs. Indians at Goodyear
Tue 3/28: vs. Giants at Sloan Park
Wed 3/29: vs. Athletics at Sloan Park
Thu 3/30: vs. Astros at Houston
Fri 3/31: vs. Astros at Houston

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Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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