“We are excited to announce to our fans that the 2022 Woodpeckers season will start on time with our club opening up in Kannapolis on April 8th and returning home April 12th against the visiting Salem Red Sox,” the team said in a release. “Minor League Spring Training officially started on Monday, February 28th at the Astros Spring Training complex in West Palm Beach, FL.”

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have been at an impasse trying to get a new collective bargaining agreement completed. When a deal wasn’t reached on Tuesday, MLB announced that at least the first six games of the season have been cancelled. They were set to begin on March 31.

For the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, single game tickets for the first have of the 2022 season will go on sale March 12 in person. They’ll be released for sale online on March 14.

On Tuesday, the Woodpeckers announced their 2022 coaching staff. The team will be managed by Joe Thon, who served as a development coach with the team in 2021.

“I am very excited and fortunate to be back in Fayetteville for another season,” said Thon. “The fans in this city and the atmosphere under the lights at Segra Stadium make it one of the best in Minor League Baseball. Our coaching staff is great and I can’t wait to work with them throughout the season. Go Peckers!”

Joining Thon’s staff will be pitching coach John Kovalik, hitting coach Jose Puentes and development coach Vincent Blue. Erik Braun will serve as the athletic trainer, while Matt Jones will work as the strength coach.

The team also announced a Christian concert will be held after the Faith & Family Night game on May 14, featuring Christian rock band Building 429.

For more information about the Christian Concert or to reserve your group outing, call the Woodpeckers front office at (910) 339-1989 or stop by Segra Stadium between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.

Fayetteville Woodpeckers 2022 Season Schedule

• April Games

• April 8-10

  at Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

• April 12-17

  
  Home vs. Salem Red Sox

  Home opener – April 12

• April 19-24

  

  at Augusta Greenjackets

• April 26-30

  

  Home vs. Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

• May Games

• May 1

  
  Home vs. Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

• May 3-8

  
  At Charleston RiverDogs

• May 10-15

  
  Home vs. Carolina Mudcats

• May 17-22

  
  at Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

• May 24-29

  
  at Down East Wood Ducks

• May 31

  
  Home vs. Fredericksburg Nationals

• June Games

• June 1-5

  
  Home vs. Fredericksburg Nationals

• June 7-12

  
  at Delmarva Shorebirds

• June 14-19

  
  Home vs. Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

• June 21-26

  
  Home vs. Augusta Greenjackets

• June 28-30

  
  at Carolina Mudcats

• July Games

• July 1-3

  
  at Carolina Mudcats

• July 4

  
  Matinee Independence Day game at 3:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks

• July 6-10

  
  Home vs. Down East Wood Ducks

• July 12-17

  
  at Myrtle Beach Pelicans

• July 22-24

  
  at Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

• July 26-31

  
  Home vs. Carolina Mudcats

• August Games

• August 2-7

  
  at Salem Red Sox

• August 9-14

  
  Home vs. Down East Wood Ducks

• August 16-21

  
  at Carolina Mudcats

• August 23-28

  
  Home vs. Charleston RiverDogs

• August 30-31

  
  at Down East Wood Ducks

• September Games

• September 1-4

  
  at Down East Wood Ducks

• September 6-11

  
  Home vs. Lynchburg Hillcats

  Regular season ends September 11