2024 London Series will feature NL East rivalry in Mets-Phils

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies and Mets are headed to London subsequent.

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association introduced on Friday that the groups will play a two-game sequence at London Stadium on June 8-9, 2024. It will likely be MLB’s third sequence in London, following the inaugural sequence in 2019 between the Red Sox and Yankees, and this weekend’s sequence between the Cubs and Cardinals.

“We think our game is at its best when we have traditional rivals playing, and we want to show the fans here in London the very best form of baseball,” Commissioner Rob Manfred mentioned of rivalry matchups.

This would be the Phillies’ first worldwide journey. It would be the Mets’ fourth. They performed in Mexico in 1996, in Japan in 2000 and in Puerto Rico in 2010.

“Alex and I are thrilled the Mets will play in the MLB 2024 London Series,” Mets proprietor Steve Cohen mentioned in an announcement. “Interest in baseball is growing all over the world and to bring the Mets ‘never-say-die’ attitude to sports fans in London is a tremendous honor. Our Queens family is ready to show London a great time with exciting baseball and amazing experiences that create new fans and build the Mets community throughout the United Kingdom.”

“It is an honor to be selected for the 2024 London Series,” Phillies managing accomplice and CEO John Middleton mentioned in an announcement. “This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase our players’ talents to a new audience. It is also a great chance to play in front of the large contingent of Phillies fans who reside in the UK.”

The London Series is a part of the MLB World Tour, created to deliver Major League groups and gamers to a world fan base. It is the league’s and the MLBPA’s largest worldwide plan, that includes as many as 24 regular-season video games and as many as 16 exhibition video games performed in Asia, Europe, Mexico and Latin America by the 2026 season.

“To us, London is a really important part of our international strategy,” Manfred mentioned. “We have seen great growth in baseball since we were here in 2019. The number of people in Britain that identify as fans has doubled since 2019. … We’re going to make this part of our regular program and looking forward to be back next year.”