The Diamondbacks will open the 2027 season on the road, then bring the home crowd into the picture with a Friday, April 2 Home Opening Day against the Miami Marlins.
That game starts a six-game homestand at Chase Field, with Miami in town from April 2-4 and the Los Angeles Dodgers following from April 5-7. Arizona’s second homestand arrives a couple weeks later, running April 16-21 with three-game sets against the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs.
The home calendar has a few of the familiar dates fans circle right away. Mother’s Day Weekend brings the Texas Rangers to town from May 7-9, Father’s Day Weekend features the Boston Red Sox from June 18-20, and the 4th of July Weekend lines up with the San Francisco Giants from July 1-4.
The regular-season home schedule closes with a divisional finish that should have plenty of bite: the Padres from Sept. 21-23 and the Dodgers from Sept. 24-26.
Arizona’s first games of 2027 come on the road, with a week of division play to start things off against the Padres from March 25-28 and the Giants from March 29-31. The rest of the NL West road slate includes trips to the Dodgers from May 24-26, the Rockies from June 21-23, the Padres from August 9-11 and the Rockies again from August 20-22.
The road schedule ends with a seven-game trip against the Giants from Sept. 13-15 and the Dodgers from Sept. 16-19.
Beyond the division, the Diamondbacks’ road itinerary includes visits to the Yankees from April 9-11, Phillies from April 23-26, Braves from May 14-16, Brewers from May 28-30, Blue Jays from June 8-10, White Sox from July 9-11 and Cubs from August 16-18.
Looking at the full slate, it’s easy to see why early guesses about schedule difficulty can be shaky. The current season offered a reminder of that, with an early calendar that was widely viewed as brutal before the Tigers, Mets, Orioles and Blue Jays turned out to be less daunting than expected. Arizona went 9-3 against those clubs.
Still, based on the standings now, the opening stretch in 2027 could be a tricky one. There’s a 12-game run that includes the Marlins, Dodgers, Yankees and then the Marlins again.
That’s followed by 10 more games against the Padres, Cubs and Phillies. In all, 22 games are lined up against teams currently in the top eight of the MLB standings, with only three of those games coming against teams outside that group.
After that, the schedule doesn’t appear to stack up too many long stretches against winning teams. And if Arizona does have Corbin Burnes back as the Opening Day starter, that would be a notable development - though that remains to be seen.
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