How many games will be played in 2022 MLB regular season? You can bet on it.

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Detroit Tigers fan Genna Perugini of Melbourne, Fla. holds a sign outside of Roger Dean Stadium where negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players union continue in an attempt to reach an agreement to salvage March 31 openers and a 162-game season, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP

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Opening Day was originally March 31. Now it’s April 8.

When will we really see Major League Baseball in 2022? Oddsmakers guess it will be sometime around May.

BetOnline has set the over-under on number of games played this season at 120.5, representing a cancellation of 41 or 42 games.

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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that the first two series of the season would be postponed. For the Detroit Tigers, that means a season-opening series at Seattle against the Mariners and a subsequent series against the Oakland Athletics have been wiped off the schedule.

The new Opening Day is set for April 8 at Comerica Park against the Chicago White Sox, but that would require owners and players to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement in a matter of days, something that seems unlikely.

BetOnline predicts the season is most likely to start in May (+175), June (+200) or July (+250). BetOnline considers an Opening Day in April (+550) even less likely than the cancellation of the entire season (+500).

MLB’s last work stoppage came in 1994 and led to the cancellation of the World Series and a delay of the 1995 season.

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