The Royals now know exactly when fans will be filing into Kauffman Stadium next season.
Kansas City announced its 2027 regular-season home game times on Monday, adding the details to a schedule that was first released in July. All listed start times are in Central Time and can change.
Opening Day will come fast and early for the Royals. They’ll begin the season at home against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, March 25, with first pitch set for 3:10 p.m. That game will be the earliest Opening Day in franchise history.
The rest of that opening weekend stays in the afternoon lane. After an off day on Friday, March 26, Kansas City will finish its three-game set against the Twins with 1:10 p.m. starts on Saturday and Sunday, March 27-28.
Saturday games at home will be spread across a few different time slots. The Royals have three Saturday starts set for 1:10 p.m., three more at 3:10 p.m. and six at 6:10 p.m. The lone outlier is July 3, when the Detroit Tigers come to town for a 7:10 p.m. first pitch.
Sunday home games are a much simpler story: all 13 are scheduled for 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City also has 11 weekday afternoon home games on the calendar, and 10 of those will begin at 1:10 p.m.
One of the more notable stretches comes after the Royals’ Field of Dreams game against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, Aug. 12.
Following an off day on Friday, Kansas City will host the final two games of that series back at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 14, and Sunday, Aug. 15.
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