2027 SCHEDULE RELEASE

AVON, OH – The National Association of Professional Baseball, formerly known as the Frontier League, has announced its schedule for its 34th season — 

its first playing as the NAPB. Joining the NAPB for the 2027 season are two clubs who are new to the league but well-known to professional baseball: the Kane County Cougars and Cleburne Railroaders. The 2027 regular season will begin on Thursday, May 6th, with 20 teams across the U.S. and Canada fielding clubs for the 102 game regular season.

Both Cleburne and Kane County will kick off their regular seasons at home on Opening Day 2027, with the Gateway Grizzlies making their maiden voyage to take on the Railroaders and the Schaumburg Boomers traveling to Geneva, IL to face the Cougars. The Florence Y’alls join Cleburne and Kane County as an Opening Day host, bringing the Lake Erie Crushers to town. 

The 2026 Frontier League Champion Ottawa Titans will open their season one day later, playing host to the Trois-Rivières Aigles at Ottawa Stadium, fresh off of Ottawa's record-setting year. Not only did the Titans secure their first league championship, but they also opened the season by setting the league’s regular season attendance record and finished it by setting multiple MLB Professional Partner League playoff attendance records — including a single-game playoff attendance record 10,303 fans during the League’s Championship Series Game 3. 

The 2026 Midwest Conference Champion Evansville Otters open their home campaign at EVSC’s Historic Bosse Field on May 14 vs. the Mississippi Mud Monsters. Their opponents in the Midwest Conference Finals, the Washington Wild Things, travel to Kinston, NC to begin their season against the Down East Bird Dawgs. The Atlantic Conference runners-up New York Boulders begin at home vs. the Brockton Rox. 

The first All-Star Week under the new National Association name is scheduled to be celebrated July 13th and 14th. Location and details will be announced during the offseason. Holiday celebrations, returning — and new! — favorite in-stadium promotions, and soon-to-be-announced special events throughout the season will be featured across the NAPB footprint. 2027 is shaping up to be a year of excitement and growth in the National Association. 

"We are in an exciting period as we announce our first schedule under the National Association brand. Adding to our presence in Chicago with the Kane County Cougars plus expanding to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with the Cleburne Railroaders strengthens the league overall. Coming off a tremendous playoff run culminating with Ottawa setting a Partner League attendance record, we are eagerly counting down the days to our 2027 season."