MLB releases 2027 schedule with earliest Opening Day

16 de julho de 2026

Major League Baseball announced its 2027 regular-season schedule on Thursday. The campaign opens March 24 with a game streamed on Netflix.

The 2027 season begins Wednesday, March 24, when two teams to be determined face off in an Opening Night game on Netflix. Traditional Opening Day follows on Thursday, March 25, with 14 games involving all but those two clubs.

The first full slate for all 30 teams is set for Saturday, March 27. Full-slate days also include Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, Memorial Day on May 31, Lou Gehrig Day on June 2, Independence Day on July 4, Labor Day on Sept. 6 and Roberto Clemente Day on Sept. 15.

The 97th All-Star Game will be played at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, July 13, with the Home Run Derby the prior day on Netflix. The second half starts July 15 on ESPN as part of Rivalry Weekend. The regular season concludes Sunday, Sept. 26.

O que as pessoas estão dizendo

Users noted the earliest traditional Opening Day on March 25 and Netflix Opening Night on March 24 as historic. Journalists shared schedule details including Cubs home opener and Wrigley All-Star Game. Skepticism appeared over potential CBA issues affecting the season.

MLB has announced that the 2027 season will begin with Opening Night on Netflix on March 24, followed by Traditional Opening Day on March 25.

March 25 is the earliest Traditional Opening Day in MLB history pic.twitter.com/tPiRG0VfhH

— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) 16 de julho de 2026

MLB Opening Day 2027, CBA pending, would be March 24 (for the earliest in history excluding special/international openers) with a TBD game on Netflix. Seems like it gives them an extra week assuming it goes down to the wire. ASG at Wrigley would be July 13.

— Mike Mazzeo (@MazzNYC) 16 de julho de 2026

MLB has released the 2027 schedule and Opening Day is the earliest* in league history (March 25).

The Cubs will open the season at home against Cleveland.

*Pending the CBA situation

— Meghan Montemurro (@MegMontemurro) 16 de julho de 2026

MLB releasing the 2027 schedule is as depressing as I expected it would be seeing as we know there’s no chance many (and possibly any) of these games will actually be played.

— Michael Fliegelman (@MFliegelman) 17 de julho de 2026

MLB 2027 Schedule Takeaways

- Earliest Opening Day March 25 (24) Opening Night Netflix.
- Every MLB team now plays on Memorial Day & Labor Day.
- MLB Moves Rivalry Weekend from 3rd week of May (May 21-23) to Weekend right after All-Star Break (Jul 16-18), One rival game will…

— Jonathan (@NYSports29) 16 de julho de 2026

Fontes

• https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-2027-schedule-opening-day-key-dates/
• https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-2027-schedule-released
• https://www.mlb.com/news/wrigley-field-hosts-mlb-all-star-game-home-run-derby-in-2027