{"id":6186,"date":"2026-07-16T19:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:37:53","slug":"mlb-to-have-earliest-opening-day-on-march-24-in-2027-if-there-is-a-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6186","title":{"rendered":"MLB to have earliest opening day on March 24 in 2027 \u2014 if there is a season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Major League Baseball is set to have its earliest opening day next year on March 24 except for international games \u2014 if there is an opening day.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6184\">LeBron James says he isn\u2019t ready to reveal a decision on his future, doesn\u2019t offer any hints<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB said Thursday its 2027 season will start with a single game to be televised that night by Netflix. The teams have not been chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Opening matchups include Cleveland at the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis at Cincinnati, the Chicago White Sox at Detroit, Texas at Houston, Minnesota at Kansas City, Atlanta at the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Mets at Miami, the Los Angeles Angels at Milwaukee, Toronto at the New York Yankees, the Athletics at Pittsburgh, Arizona at San Diego, Colorado at San Francisco, Boston at Seattle, Baltimore at Tampa Bay and Philadelphia at Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball\u2019s labor contract expires Dec. 1 and a management lockout is expected. In 2022, an agreement wasn\u2019t reached until March 10, causing opening day to be pushed back from March 31 to April 7.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6182\">Chase Burns agrees to $105 million, 7-year deal with Reds for 2027-33, AP sources say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s Wrigley Field will host the All-Star Game on July 13 and a rivalry weekend will follow.<\/p>\n<p>The regular season is scheduled to end Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics are scheduled to play most of their home games in West Sacramento, California, for the third straight season before moving to a new ballpark in Las Vegas. They will have a homestand at the Triple-A ballpark in Las Vegas starting May 31 against San Diego and Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6180\">Army checks video, interviews witnesses with Fort Bragg soldier now missing 2+ weeks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With no labor contract in place for 2027, no international games are scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Major League Baseball is set to have its earliest opening day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MLB to have earliest opening day on March 24 in 2027 \u2014 if there is a season - 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