KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals this morning announced their home game times for the 2025 regular season schedule.
The 57th season in franchise history will begin on Thursday, March 27 at 3:10 p.m. CT vs. the Cleveland Guardians at Kauffman Stadium. This will mark the earliest Opening Day in franchise history, and will be the ninth time in 11 years dating back to 2015 that the Royals will open the season at home. The opening series will continue Saturday, March 29 at 3:10 p.m. CT and on Sunday, March 30 at 1:10 p.m. CT.
The Royals will host 36 weeknight games beginning at 6:40 p.m. CT. From May 30-Aug. 29, all 7 Friday night home games will begin at 7:10 p.m. CT. There are 14 Saturday home games, 6 of which will begin at 3:10 p.m. CT and the other 8 are scheduled to start at 6:10 p.m. CT. All 14 home Sunday games are scheduled for 1:10 p.m. CT.
There are 10 weekday afternoon games, including 8 games scheduled for a 1:10 p.m. start. The exceptions are Opening Day (March 27) and Memorial Day (May 26), both of which are 3:10 p.m. starts.
Kansas City’s final regular season home game will be Sunday, Sept. 21 vs. the Toronto Blue Jays, after which the Royals will finish the 162-game slate with a 6-game road trip. This will mark the third time in four seasons that they will end the regular season on the road, along with 2022 and 2024.
For the third consecutive season, Major League Baseball will continue its balanced schedule, in which the Royals will play all other 29 teams. Kansas City’s 162-game schedule will include:
- 52 games vs. American League Central teams (13 games across 4 series vs. all 4 opponents)
- 62 league games vs. American League East and West teams (6-7 games vs. each opponent)
- 48 Interleague games (6 games vs. St. Louis and 3 games vs. all other NL teams)
The breakdown of divisional games will include 7 home games and 6 road games vs. the White Sox and Twins, and 6 home games and 7 road games vs. the Tigers and Guardians.
Of the 10 teams who play in the American League East and West divisions, the Royals will play two of those opponents seven times (Seattle and Texas) and eight of those teams six times.
The Royals will play their intra-state rival St. Louis Cardinals in 3 games at Kauffman Stadium from May 16-18 and in 3 games at Busch Stadium from June 3-5. This marks the first time that the I-70 series will span 6 games in a season since 2021, after they played a pair of 2-game series in three straight years from 2022-24.
Kansas City will play exactly 3 games against each of the other 14 National League teams, including seven 3-game home series and seven 3-game road series. In the month of July, the Royals will play 18 of their 24 games vs. NL opponents, including 15 straight games from July 4-23.
The Royals will travel to seven National League ballparks, including Milwaukee (March 31-April 2), San Francisco (May 19-21), San Diego (June 20-22), Arizona (July 4-6), Miami (July 18-20), Chicago (July 21-23) and Philadelphia (Sept. 12-14).
Kansas City’s holiday schedule will see the Royals host the Red Sox on Mother’s Day (May 11, 1:10 p.m. CT), the Reds on Memorial Day (May 26, 3:10 p.m. CT) and the Athletics on Father’s Day (June 15, 1:10 p.m. CT). They will travel to Detroit to play the Tigers on Easter Sunday (April 20, 12:40 p.m. CT) and to Arizona to play the Diamondbacks on Independence Day (8:40 p.m. CT). The Royals will enjoy an off day on Labor Day (Sept. 1).
The Royals will be in New York to play the Yankees on Jackie Robinson Day, which is Tuesday, April 15 (6:05 p.m. CT). The Royals have scheduled off days on Major League Baseball’s Lou Gehrig Day (June 2) and Roberto Clemente Day (Sept. 15).
The All-Star break will run from July 14-17 and will include the 95th Major League Baseball All-Star Game to be played on Tuesday, July 15 at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves.
Kansas City will host a pair of three-opponent homestands, including 10 games in 11 days from Aug. 11-21 vs. Washington (3 games), the White Sox (3) and Texas (4). They will play 9 games in 10 days the following homestand from Aug. 29-Sept. 7 with 3 games each against Detroit, the Angels and Minnesota.
The Royals are scheduled for a pair of three-city road trips, including 10 games in 10 days from April 11-20 at Cleveland (3 games), the Yankees (3) and Detroit (4). From Aug. 1-10, they will play 9 games in 10 days at Toronto (3), Boston (3) and Minnesota (3).
The Royals will play on 17 consecutive days from April 4-20, which will mark their longest stretch of the 2025 campaign without an off day.