Thursday: Season opener vs. Seattle, 3:10 p.m., Target Field.
July 17: First round, MLB draft. Twins have eighth pick.
July 19: All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles.
July 28-Aug. 3: Trade deadline will be set in this time period by Commissioner Rob Manfred.
Oct. 5: Regular season ends.
Oct. 7: Wild-card playoffs (three-game series) begin. Playoffs have expanded to six teams in each league, with the top two seeds getting byes to the best-of-five Division Series.
