Red Sox 2017 spring training NESN TV schedule covers 15 games
By Sean Penney
NESN has released a schedule of the fifteen Boston Red Sox games that they will televise during spring training in 2017, starting this week.
We are only days away from the return of live Boston Red Sox game action!
Spring training is well under way, with the exhibition schedule set to begin on Thursday. NESN, the television home of the Red Sox, plans to broadcast 15 of the team’s 39 spring training games.
The Red Sox open their spring schedule with a game at JetBlue Park against Northeastern University on February 23, but fans will have to wait a couple of days to begin watching games on TV.
NESN will air its first game of the spring on February 25, when the Red Sox take on the Minnesota Twins at 1:00 p.m.
Here’s the full schedule of televised games for Red Sox spring training coverage on NESN.
Saturday, February 25 vs Minnesota Twins at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 26 at Tampa Bay Rays at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 4 at Pittsburgh Pirates at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 5 vs Atlanta Braves at 1:00 p.m.
Friday, March 10 vs Baltimore Orioles at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 11 vs Tampa Bay Rays at 1:00 p.m. (NESNplus)
Sunday, March 12 at Philadelphia Phillies at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 16 vs Pittsburgh Pirates at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 18 at Minnesota Twins at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday March 19 vs Minnesota Twins at 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 21 at New York Yankees at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 25 vs Philadelphia Phillies at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 26 at Minnesota Twins at 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28 at Pittsburgh Pirates at 6:00 p.m. (NESNplus)
Friday, March 31 at Washington Nationals at 3:00 p.m. (NESNplus)
MLB Network will cast two games this spring – March 8 against the New York Mets and March 24 against Toronto. ESPN will air the game against the Baltimore Orioles on March 27.
Spring training gives fans their first opportunity of the year to see the revamped Red Sox in action, while also providing a glimpse at a few prospects that may represent the future of the franchise.
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These are merely exhibition games, but they give us a little taste of baseball to tide us over until the regular season.