2026 Yankees schedule reveals Subway Series detail fans have been begging for

If the New York Yankees and New York Mets aren't going to give us the top-tier baseball we desire, the least MLB can do is make their matchups as theatrical as possible. Thankfully, the 2026 MLB schedule release features an element New Yorkers have been begging to see brought back since the day it was first introduced.

In 2021, Rob Manfred set the Yankees and Mets to play one another in a throwback-laden game on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11. The city coming together on such an emotional night to celebrate its baseball legacy in unity felt like a natural step, as well as an event that should become permanent and alternate stadiums year-over-year.

Though it apparently took a five-year gap and another round number anniversary for MLB to bring it back, fans in both boroughs were glad to see another Sept. 11 Subway Series on the slate when the 2026 schedule was announced Tuesday afternoon.

This time around, the clash will take place in the Bronx as part of a three-game Subway Series over the weekend of Sept. 11-13 (Friday through Sunday).

Major year-over-year differences in New York Yankees' 2026 schedule

Beyond the Subway Series shift, there are a number of key details Yankee fans will notice immediately.

• Opening Day on the West Coast? Why? The Yankees are getting their early-season series with the San Francisco Giants out of the way yet again after opening with them in 2023 (with clear Aaron Judge free agency stakes) and welcoming them to the Bronx in April 2025 in the frigid wetness.
• The Yankees play on March 25, but traditional Opening Day is March 26? We'll let you figure out the reasoning behind that one.
• The four-game Red Sox series moves to Fenway after residing in the Bronx the past two seasons, but maybe that doesn't matter anymore? This is the least daunting Yankees-Red Sox season series in a number of years; one Fenway trip takes place in April, breaking an unofficial post-COVID barrier putting their first clashes in the summer annually. Seven games in June, three (at home) in August? Doable.
• The Yankees close with Tampa and Baltimore at home, seemingly an assumption that the O's will get back to relevance next season (and, again, thanks for no Sox in September).

The Yankees' six-gamer on the west coast to begin the season is three or four games shorter than it could've been in a nightmare scenario, the Boston-Houston-Texas road trip is early (but not too early), and the fans got what they wanted for a Mets clash. All in all, not so bad.