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San Francisco Giants: 6 things to know about the 2020 schedule

By James Carroll

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 31: Mike Yastrzemski #5, Kevin Pillar #1, and Austin Slater #53 of the San Francisco Giants celebrate after the game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on July 31, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Giants defeated the Phillies 5-1. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 31: Mike Yastrzemski #5, Kevin Pillar #1, and Austin Slater #53 of the San Francisco Giants celebrate after the game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on July 31, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Giants defeated the Phillies 5-1. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 01: Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers receives acknowledgement on the mound, after his strikeout of Austin Hedges #18 of the San Diego Padres, to become the Los Angeles Dodgers third all time strikeout leader with 2397 surpassing Sandy Koufax, during the sixth inning at Dodger Stadium on August 01, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 01: Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers receives acknowledgement on the mound, after his strikeout of Austin Hedges #18 of the San Diego Padres, to become the Los Angeles Dodgers third all time strikeout leader with 2397 surpassing Sandy Koufax, during the sixth inning at Dodger Stadium on August 01, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

1. Opening Day will be in Los Angeles

While the cross-bay Oakland Athletics will technically be hosting their eleventh consecutive opening day at home, the San Francisco Giants will be on the road for the eleventh straight time to open up the season.

In 2020, they’ll be starting the season in Los Angeles for the second year in a row. The Los Angeles Dodgers probably won’t be seeing too much of a roster shakeup between this season and last season.

Especially since they have plenty of young, controllable major league players to go along with guys like Clayton Kershaw who will always remain a candidate to be handed the ball for Opening Day.

Regardless of who the Giants end up sending out to battle against one of Los Angeles’ aces, they’re typically a headache for the Dodgers, especially when they’re not a playoff favorite. The two teams will meet Thursday, March 26 for the first game of the season.

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They’ll have Friday off (for some strange reason) before finishing the series over the weekend.

And before any Giants fans start brainstorming conspiracy theories for how they were handed their eleventh straight Opening Day on the road: this is done by design.

The San Francisco front office specifically requests that they open on the road so that they can close out the season at home.

The thinking is that more fans will be available for the last series of the year as opposed to the first. It’s strictly financial consideration that figures fans will want to come out for nice Bay Area weather in September rather than the late-March gusts from the cove.

We’ll see if Madison Bumgarner will be suiting up for the orange and black. He’ll have to avoid the temptation of big free agency money and offseason dirt-biking for the Giants to have a chance at bringing their ace back for Opening Day.

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