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Blue Jays at Yankees p. History: The teams split their 10 games in See this new face: Instead of suiting up in a Blue Jays uni for his debut, George Springer will open the season on the injured list due to an oblique injury, but Marcus Semien should be in the Toronto lineup at his new position second base after signing a one-year deal this offseason.

Indians at Tigers p. History: Cleveland has dominated Detroit over the past five seasons, going Twins at Brewers p. See this new face: If you like defensive upgrades, check out three new up-the-middle Gold Glovers in this one: Twins shortstop Andrelton Simmons and Brewers second baseman Kolten Wong and right fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. Pirates at Cubs p. History: The Cubs won six of 10 from the Pirates in See this new face: Chicago replaced Kyle Schwarber with Joc Pederson this offseason, and it hopes its new left fielder can spark what had become a stagnant offense.

Braves at Phillies p. History: These teams split their 10 matchups in Oh yeah.. FreddieFreeman5, March 31, After breaking the record for most league-wide homers in a season in , the Major League Baseball season stayed on brand with a smashing Opening Day.

Popular now. Who uses Opening Day? Did you know …? What are other words used in discussion of Opening Day? It's not quite going to be like the pre-COVID times, but it's going to resemble those days more than what last summer did -- and that should be a positive. One of the neat things about Opening Day is getting to see players who changed teams over the offseason for the first time in their new gear. We're not counting the spring training threads that a lot of teams wear during the exhibition season.

George Springer , the winter's top free agent, might be prevented from debuting by an oblique injury. Lindor will make his Mets debut after completing a contract extension at the 11th hour.

Perhaps your team doesn't play until late, or perhaps you're one of those fans who just wants to watch the best pitching matchup available at any given point in the day. What games should you be checking out? Our Mike Axisa recently ranked all 15 of the day's pitching matchups , crowning the Jacob deGrom-Max Scherzer pairing p. ET start as the best in class. As for the best potential duels at other start times: Gerrit Cole versus Hyun-jin Ryu kicks off at p.

You can see the rest of Axisa's rankings by clicking here. After a winter that saw them sign Trevor Bauer, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, it's fair to ask: are the Dodgers set up to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees? The Dodgers would appear to be the team most likely to win the World Series in SportsLine projects them to notch victories and gives them a Arizona Diamondbacks.

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