The Red Sox now know how their 2027 season will unfold, and the first thing that jumps out is the calendar. Boston will open on March 25 in Seattle, the earliest start date for a Red Sox season in North America. The only earlier opener in club history came in 2008, when the team played its first game in Tokyo.
That trip west starts a season that will begin away from Fenway and end there, with a six-game homestand against the Rays and Royals closing out the schedule. Major League Baseball did not include game times in the release.
Seattle is only the first stop. After a four-game series with the Mariners, the Red Sox head to Houston for three more. That gives Boston no day off after Opening Day, but the roof in Seattle should make the start a little easier to manage.
Fenway Park gets its first game of the year on Thursday, April 1, when the Reds come to town. That keeps a recent pattern alive: Boston will have an early interleague opponent for its home opener for the third straight season, after the Padres in 2026 and the Cardinals in 2025. It also means the Red Sox will see Cincinnati in back-to-back seasons, after opening 2026 on the road against the Reds.
The early part of the schedule also brings a heavy dose of Houston. After the Reds leave town, the Astros visit Fenway, giving Boston six meetings with Houston in its first 13 games.
As for the Yankees, the rivalry stays quiet for a while. The first matchup doesn’t arrive until June 4-6, when New York comes to Fenway for a weekend series.
Boston then heads to the Bronx the following weekend, June 11-13. The Yankees’ second and final trip to Boston comes Aug. 6-8, and the Red Sox finish the season series in New York from Sept. 17-19, again over a weekend.
The New York stretch doesn’t stop there. The Mets are set to visit Fenway from July 19-21.
For fans mapping out trips, the schedule is loaded with the usual road stops and a handful of non-annual visits. Boston’s non-annual road series are at Washington, April 9-11; at Atlanta, May 18-20; at San Diego, May 28-30; at Arizona, June 18-20; at Philadelphia, July 27-29; at Chicago Cubs, July 30-Aug. 1; at San Francisco, Aug. 24-26; and at Milwaukee, Sept. 14-16.
Fenway’s non-annual visitors include the Reds, Cardinals from April 30-May 2, Dodgers from May 14-16, Marlins from June 8-10, Rockies from June 25-27, Braves from July 16-18, Mets from July 19-21, and Pirates from Aug. 20-22.
One date stands out on the home calendar: the Red Sox will be at Fenway on Sunday, July 4, when they host the Orioles. Boston was on the road for America’s 250th birthday, but it will be home for the 251st.
For now, though, the schedule comes with a caveat. The dates are out, but with a looming lockout hanging over the sport, everything still carries a strong TBD asterisk.
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