Let’s Road Trip: Red Sox 2025 Travel Preview

The 2025 season brings new elements to Major League Baseball fan travel. The Athletics now play their “home” games at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA, and its 14,000 seats. The Rays will still play in Tampa but at George M. Steinbrenner Field, which has 11,000 seats. The Red Sox will make a trip to both locations in 2025, with Tampa trips coming in mid-April and mid-September and Sacramento capping off a western swing in early September, and this provides fans an opportunity for some of the most intimate baseball experiences in the history of MLB. Granted, both journeys are to cities that leave a little to be desired from a tourist perspective, but the chance to catch baseball’s best in minor-league confines more than makes up for it.

The balanced schedule that debuted in 2023 is still in effect, which means the Red Sox will play all 29 other teams during the regular season. Outside of the AL East series (two home, two away) that occur every season, Red Sox fans can travel to any MLB ballpark to catch their favorite nine every two years. This year, intrepid roadies can kick off the season with the Red Sox in Arlington, TX, and Baltimore, MD. You can escape to Hotlanta in May and hit the Pacific Ocean in Seattle or San Francisco in June. Do you care to follow the team to Wrigley Field in July or San Diego in August? Or how about spending Independence Day in the nation’s capital?

Besides the excitement and adventure of traveling, joining the team on the road brings some unique perks. When the gates open at game time, it's your team taking batting practice, and you can get as close as possible when the team is looking for a friendly face. After each inning in the field,  you are part of the few and proud in the stands that your team wants to throw the ball to as they head to the dugout. From restaurant to hotel encounters and pre-and post-game interactions, your odds of getting close to the team you love grow exponentially on the road.

In the next several weeks, we will be going into detail trip by trip for the Red Sox road journeys, complete with must-do activities and travel tips. Today, we take a more 10,000-foot view so that you can begin to daydream about where the 2025 Red Sox season might take you. I’ve included the “Total Miles from Fenway Park and Back Again” that the road trip encompasses for a frame of reference.

There are 14 different Red Sox road trips; let’s go!

Trip 1 - March 27-April 3 - Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles (3573 miles)
Trip 2 - April 11-16 - Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays (3497 miles)
Trip 3 - April 25-May 1 - Cleveland Guardians and Toronto Blue Jays (1476 miles)
Trip 4 - May 9-14 - Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers (2896 miles)
Trip 5 - May 26-June 1 - Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves (2975 miles)
Trip 6 - June 6-8 - New York Yankees (406 miles)
Trip 7 - June 16-25 - Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Angels (7233 miles)
Trip 8 - July 4-6 - Washington Nationals (876 miles)
All-Star Break - July 14-17 - Atlanta (2162 miles for some lucky Red Sox?)
Trip 9 - July 18-23 - Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies (2045 miles)
Trip 10 - July 28-30 - Minnesota Twins (2786 miles)
Trip 11 - August 8-13 - San Diego Padres and Houston Astros (6312 miles)
Trip 12 - August 21-28 - New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles (807 miles)
Trip 13 - September 5-10 - Arizona Diamondbacks and the Athletics (6414 miles)
Trip 14 - September 19-25 - Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays (3199 miles)

What road trips are you most excited about for the 2025 season? Planning to make any of the journeys? Let’s start daydreaming, Sox fans!

Let's Road Trip is a series of stories exploring the Twins' 14 road trips during the 2025 season. I will focus on stadium highlights, attributes, Twins history, and community amenities. I will also consider potential pitfalls and roadblocks and mention travel considerations. My handy-dandy Baseball Road Trips by Timothy Malcolm and Moon travel guides will be a go-to for this conversation.