The Rangers will open the 2017 season at home against the Cleveland Indians - potentially a 2016 playoff opponent - on April 3 at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

Major League Baseball released the 2017 schedule Thursday, and it has the Rangers opening at home for the seventh time in the last nine years. The Rangers will play a three-game series with the Indians and then three with Oakland before embarking on a nine-game road trip.

The Rangers will play the NL East in interleague play and their interleague "rival" is designated as San Diego for 2017. They have two-game home-and-home series with both the Padres and the New York Mets. The interleague schedule also has them going to Atlanta's new ballpark and to Washington. Philadelphia and Miami both come to Texas.

The Rangers will also finish the season at home with seven games against AL West foes Houston (Sept. 25-27) and Oakland (Sept. 28-Oct. 1).

In addition, the Rangers will be home for the season's two major holidays, facing Tampa Bay on Memorial Day, May 29 and hosting Boston on July 4.

Full Rangers 2017 schedule