{"id":952417,"date":"2026-10-30T22:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952417\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:36:10","slug":"important-dates-for-the-2027-mlb-off-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952417\/","title":{"rendered":"Important dates for the 2027 MLB off-season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">With the World Series drawing to a close and the baseball off-season officially beginning, it\u2019s time for the annual list of dates that help us scratch tally marks into the walls as we wait for baseball to return. It promises to be an even longer wait this year, with a lockout looming in early December, meaning this calendar is subject to shift; we\u2019ll pin this article on the front page and update it both with links to the relevant stories and the latest updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">2: Free agency officially opens at 5 PM ET; last day to issue Qualifying Offer (QO); players reinstated from 60-day Injured List; contract options deadline (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lookoutlanding.com\/seattle-mariners-roster\/150582\/mariners-reach-decisions-on-trio-of-club-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mariners did this the day after the World Series ended<\/a>); Silver Slugger finalists announced; BBWAA Award finalists announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">6: Heart and Hustle Award announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">9: Rookie of the Year Award announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">9-12: GM Meetings in Las Vegas<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">10: Manager of the Year announced<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">17: Silver Sluggers announced; deadline for players to accept QO; 40-man roster finalized (deadline by which prospects must be prospected from Rule 5 Draft)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">1: LOCKOUT if new contract is not reached<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">7-9: Winter Meetings (San Diego)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">8: Draft Lottery (subject to cancellation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">9: Rule 5 draft (subject to cancellation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">9: Pitchers and catchers report (subject to change)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">19: First spring training game (subject to change)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">March 25: Opening Day (scheduled)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the World Series drawing to a close and the baseball off-season officially beginning, it\u2019s time for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,211703,82],"class_list":["post-952417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-seattle-mariners-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}