MLB Rumors: Yankees vs. Red Sox Unlikely to Be Scheduled for 2025 Series in Paris

Major League Baseball is "committed" to playing games in Paris in the 2025 season, according to Tom Verducci of SI.com, but don't expect the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to get the nod.

The two clubs are "among the teams that have expressed a strong desire to play in Paris," according to one of Verducci's sources, but it's "unlikely MLB would schedule a Yankees-Red Sox series, according to the source, if only because those teams played the first London Series games in 2019."

According to that report, Major League Baseball has yet to pick a site for the Paris games but is considering various soccer stadiums, though the layouts of those venues present logistical issues given the requirements for baseball field dimensions.

MLB already has a number of international series set or tentatively scheduled, with the St. Louis Cardinals playing the Chicago Cubs in London on June 24-25 this season. Per Verducci, others include:

• London 2024: Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets
• Mexico City 2024: Houston Astros vs. Colorado Rockies
• Seoul 2024: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres (Tokyo is the backup site with perhaps different teams)
• 2025: Host sites include Paris, Mexico City, Japan and potentially San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 2026: Games "tentatively scheduled" for Mexico City, London and potentially San Juan

There's no doubt any matchup between the Yankees and Red Sox, the sport's preeminent rivalry, would be an easy sell for baseball fans around the globe. Given their recent London matchup, however, it won't be a surprise if MLB chooses to mix up the teams.

The two sides are also at the bottom of the American League East standings. The Red Sox (21-15) have started strong but still find themselves fourth in the loaded division, while the injury-riddled Yankees (19-17) have been disappointing early in the year.

Given the torrid start of the Tampa Bay Rays (29-7), the Red Sox are already eight games back, while the Yankees are 10 games back. There is plenty of baseball left to be played in the 162-game season, however.