Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training 2023

 Pittsburgh Pirates Bradenton

Schedule Hotels Stadium

The Pittsburgh Pirates will open their 2023 Spring Training Schedule as the team hosts the Toronto Blue Jays. Three of Pittsburgh’s first four games next spring will take place at LECOM Park. The team’s only road game during the first four contests will take place on February 26 at Port Charlotte against the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Pirates are scheduled to play a total of 32 games, 16 of which will be at home at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida. Next year will mark the 55th season in which the Pirates have held spring training in Bradenton. The 2023 season is also the 100th year of baseball being played in Bradenton, as the St. Louis Cardinals began play there in 1923.

Additional highlights of the 2023 Spring Training schedule include:

March 2: The Pirates will host the New York Yankees for the first of two times as part of a split squad
that will also have the Bucs traveling to Dunedin to face the Blue Jays.
March 17: The Pirates will host the Rays on St. Patrick’s Day.
March 23: The Pirates will host the Red Sox for the only time during the 2023 Grapefruit League campaign.
March 25: The Pirates open the final weekend of the Grapefruit League season against the Baltimore Orioles.
March 28: The 2023 spring training campaign will conclude with a home game against the Twins.


Hotels Near McKechnie Field

Rodeway Inn Bradenton
2303 1st Street East

Courtyard By Marriott Bradenton Sarasota Riverfront
100 Riverfront Drive W

Days Inn - Near The Gulf
3506 1st Street West

Best Western Atrea Manatee Hotel
2215 Cortez Rd W

Holiday Inn Express And Suites West
4450 47th St W

Shorewalk Vacation Villas
4601 46th Street Ct W

Guesthouse Intl Ellenton
4915 17th Sreet E

Ramada Limited Ellenton FL
5218 17th St E

Sleep Inn And Suites Riverfront
5605 18th Street E

Super 8 Motel - Bradenton
6516 14th St W

Hampton Inn Ellenton-Bradenton
5810 20th Ct E

Stadium Info

LECOM Park
1611 9th Street
Bradenton, FL 34208
1/2 mile west of Highway 41 on 9th St. (Bus. 41) at 17th Ave.
941-747-3031
Plenty of paid parking in the ballpark neighborhood.

Day games start at 1:05 PM and night games at 6:05 PM (Unless otherwise noted.)

Ticket Info
The individual Spring Training game tickets will go on sale late January at the McKechnie Field Box Office, or by calling (877) 893-2827. Individual game tickets:
Infield Box (Box 1-14) $34
Infield Reserved: $34
Baseline Box (15 - 22):$30
Grandstand: $23
Left Field bleachers: $23

Left Field - 335 ft
Left-Center - 375ft
Center Field - 400 ft
Right-Center - 375 ft
Right Field - 335 ft

For more information or to purchase season tickets, group tickets, or the Weekend Package, please call 941-747-3031.

The LECOM Park box office hours from January 19-March 23 will be 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on weekdays when there is not a Pirates home game. The box office will be open on Saturday from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. when there is not a home game and closed on Sundays when there is no home game. Day of game box office hours will be 9:00 a.m. until 30 minutes after the final out. 

Individual game tickets go on sale January 21. Advance sale prices are:
Infield Box $28
Infield Reserve $28
Baseline Box $24
Grandstand $18
Left Field Bleachers: $18
Standing Room*: $16
(SRO available for sold out games only)
Prices are approx. $3 higher for day of game purchase

Nearby are the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox spring training camps. Be sure to check their schedules for more exciting baseball action.

Date Opponent Site
Home Game Time 1:05PM unless otherwise noted
 (ss) indicates split squad
Feb 25 Toronto Blue Jays McKechnie Field
Feb 26 Off Day  
Feb 27 Philadelphia Phillies McKechnie Field
Feb 28 Baltimore Orioles McKechnie Field
Mar 1 Detroit Tigers Lakeland
Mar 2 New York Yankees McKechnie Field
  Toronto Blue Jays Dunedin
Mar 3 Baltimore Orioles Ed Smith Stadium
Mar 4 Philadelphia Phillies BayCare Park
Mar 5 Minnesota Twins McKechnie Field
Mar 6 New York Yankees Steinbrenner Field 6:35
Mar 7 Toronto Blue Jays McKechnie Field
Mar 8 Baltimore Orioles Ed Smith Stadium
Mar 9 Detroit Tigers McKechnie Field
Mar 10
Philadelphia Phillies BayCare Park
Mar 11 New York Yankees McKechnie Field
Mar 12 Atlanta Braves McKechnie Field
Mar 13 Off Day  
Mar 14
(ss)
Baltimore Orioles McKechnie Field
Minnesota Twins Hammond Stadium
Mar 15 Toronto Blue Jays Dunedin
Mar 16 New York Yankees Steinbrenner Field 6:35
Mar 17 Tampa Bay Rays McKechnie Field
Mar 18
Minnesota Twins McKechnie Field
Mar 19 Baltimore Orioles Ed Smith Stadium
Mar 20 Boston Red Sox JetBlue Park
Mar 21 Philadelphia Phillies McKechnie Field
Mar 22 Off Day  
Mar 23 Boston Red Sox McKechnie Field
Mar 24 Detroit Tigers Lakeland
Mar 25 Baltimore Orioles McKechnie Field
Mar 26 Atlanta Braves Cool Today Park
Mar 27 Minnesota Twins Hammond Stadium
Mar 28 Minnesota Twins McKechnie Field