The Minnesota Twins now know the shape of their 2027 regular season - at least for the moment - with labor talks still hanging over the sport.
Under the current setup, Minnesota is slated to open March 25 at Kansas City before coming home for its first Target Field game on April 2 against the Tampa Bay Rays. But that calendar comes with a big asterisk.
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are working toward a new labor agreement before the current one expires on Dec. 1, and if there’s no deal in place, baseball operations would stop until one is reached. The last time the sides faced that kind of deadline, in late 2021, they still managed to get a 162-game season in.
This time, that same confidence isn’t there.
Still, the Twins can at least map out the trip ahead.
They’ll begin the year with a three-game series in Kansas City spread over four days, opening on a Thursday, taking Friday off and finishing on Sunday. From there, Minnesota heads to California for a three-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The home slate starts April 2 with Tampa Bay. That series runs four games and stretches into the following Monday, and it’s followed by a three-game matchup with the Washington Nationals. April is loaded at Target Field, with the Twins set for 16 home games in the month.
Minnesota’s only three-city road trip comes late in May and runs into June. It starts in Toronto on May 28, moves to Detroit on May 31 and wraps in Atlanta on June 4. The Twins will be in action on Memorial Day against the Tigers, along with the rest of MLB, since all 30 teams play that day.
The schedule also sends Minnesota away from home on the Fourth of July, when the Twins face the Cleveland Guardians. After that, they come back to finish the first half with home series against Kansas City and Boston. The All-Star Game is set for Wrigley Field in Chicago on July 13.
After the break, Minnesota hosts the Cubs from July 23-25, then closes that homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays from July 26-28.
The regular season ends with three-game series against San Francisco and Detroit.
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