Marlins Opening Day 2027: March 25 against the Mets
Last reviewed: November 10, 2026. Sources for this page are listed in its fact sheet.
Short answer first. The Miami Marlins open the 2027 season at home. Opening Day is Thursday, March 25, 2027, against the New York Mets at loanDepot park, 501 Marlins Way, Miami. The opening homestand runs six games: the Mets on March 25, 27 and 28, with Friday, March 26 dark, then the Philadelphia Phillies from March 29 to 31. It's the fifth straight year the Marlins open the season in Miami, and March 25 sits inside the earliest Opening Day window in league history. Two things are not settled yet, and this page won't pretend otherwise: first pitch times haven't been published, and the 2027 schedule assumes a new labor agreement. Both notes are spelled out below.
A daytime ballgame. Stock photo, photographed in Tokyo, not loanDepot park. Photo: Iban Lopez Luna, Pexels.
What is confirmed
The dates and opponents come from the 2027 schedule Major League Baseball released on July 16, 2026, and from the Marlins' own schedule pages. Mets first: March 25, then a day off on March 26, then March 27 and 28. Phillies next: March 29, 30 and 31. Six games, two division opponents, one homestand. The ballpark is loanDepot park in Little Havana, which has a retractable roof and air conditioning, so a March rain plan is the roof closing rather than a rainout watch. That's the whole reason a March 25 opener is safe to plan a trip around in South Florida. If you're building a baseball weekend out of it, the Mets series and the Phillies series price differently, and the weekday Phillies games are the softer tickets of the six.
What is pencil, not ink
Times. First pitch times for the 2027 openers are listed as to be announced on the official schedule. If a resale page shows you a precise start time today, that time is the seller's guess. Plan the day around a late afternoon or evening start, keep the morning free, and wait for the club's announcement before you lock anything time sensitive, like a flight home.
The labor note. The current collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players expires at 11:59 p.m. ET on December 1, 2026. The March dates above were published assuming a new agreement follows. That's the normal way schedules work, and every team's 2027 calendar carries the same assumption. It is worth one line in your planning: book the refundable version of the flight and the hotel until the labor picture clears, which it is expected to do well before March. Our Easter in Miami guide covers the same week of the calendar, since Easter Sunday falls on March 28, 2027, right in the middle of the Mets series.
Planning the trip around it
Stay downtown or in Brickell and the ballpark is a short rideshare west; stay near the park in Little Havana and you can walk off dinner on Calle Ocho straight into the gate. The Little Havana neighborhood guide covers the blocks around the park. For spring training in the weeks before the opener, Jupiter's camp is the day trip version of the same trip; the spring training day trip guide runs the logistics. Cactus League this is not: it's one ballpark, one roof, and a short flight for half the Northeast, which is exactly who fills the park for a Mets opener.
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Schedule facts from Major League Baseball and the Marlins' released 2027 schedule, checked November 10, 2026. Times, ceremonies and ticket on sale details publish on the club's site as they're set; this page will be refreshed when they land.