ESPN's 2016 Spring Training Schedule Begins in Prime Time, Today

Spring Training baseball returns to ESPN this week. The six-game schedule begins Thursday, March 17 with Jayson Heyward and the 2015 NLDS Champion Chicago Cubs against Paul Goldschmidt and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

ESPN's Spring Training schedule features multiple appearances by the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals.

The new SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL team - play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman, analysts Jessica Mendoza and Aaron Boone, and reporter Buster Olney make their debut on March 21 when David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox take on Matt Holiday and the St. Louis Cardinals. They will also be calling THE MARCH 24 prime-time game between the Cubs and the San Francisco Giants.

On Tuesday, March 22, ESPN and ESPN DEPORTES will televise the first Major League Baseball game from Cuba since 1999 as the Tampa Bay Rays play the Cuban National Team. Commentators Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez, Doug Glanville, Pedro Gomez and Tim Kurkjian will call the action on ESPN.

Baseball Tonight - ESPN The Magazine - MLB Preview Show will air on Thursday, March 17 at 10 p.m. ET following the Diamondbacks and Cubs on ESPN. MLB analysts Karl Ravech, Curt Schilling, Tim Kurkjian, and ESPN The Magazine writers Tim Keown and Peter Keating will discuss the youth movement in baseball. See the full details on ESPN The Magazine's MLB preview.

ESPN Spring Training Game Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Telecast	Location	Network(s)
Thu, Mar. 17	7 p.m.	Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs presented by Head & Shoulders Jon Sciambi, Rick Sutcliffe, Doug Glanville	Mesa, Ariz.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Mon, Mar. 21	1 p.m.	Boston Red Sox at St. Louis Cardinals presented by Head & Shoulders Dan Shulman, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza, Buster Olney	Jupiter, Fla.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Tue, Mar. 22	1:30 p.m.	Tampa Bay Rays at Cuban National Team Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez, Doug Glanville, Pedro Gomez, Tim Kurkjian	Havana, Cuba	ESPN, WatchESPN
Thu, Mar. 24	7 p.m.	Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants presented by Head & Shoulders Dan Shulman, Aaron Boone, Jessica Mendoza, Buster Olney	Scottsdale, Ariz.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Fri, Mar. 25	1 p.m.	St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets presented by Head & Shoulders Karl Ravech, Dallas Braden, Tim Kurkjian, Keith Law	Port St. Lucie, Fla.	ESPN, WatchESPN
Mon, Mar. 28	1 p.m.	Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox presented by Head & Shoulders Karl Ravech, Dallas Braden, Tim Kurkjian, Keith Law

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