Baseball is back. Today is officially Opening Day. Who is taking the ball for 28 of the 30 teams. The Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays will play tomorrow.
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Probable Starters
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Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Yankees – 3:05 PM EST
Freddy Peralta (11-9, 3.68 ERA) vs. Carlos Rodon (16-9, 3.96 ERA)
Peralta gets the season started for Milwaukee. Last season, he went 11-9 with a 3.68 ERA, a 4.16 FIP, a 1.21 WHIP, and a 10.4 K/9. Rodon gets the ball for the Yankees. In 32 starts last season, he went 16-9 with a 3.96 ERA, a 4.39 FIP, a 1.22 WHIP, and a 10.0 K/9.
Baltimore Orioles @ Toronto Blue Jays – 3:07 PM EST
Zach Eflin (10-9, 3.59 ERA) vs. Jose Berrios (16-11, 3.60 ERA)
Eflin gets the season started for Baltimore. In 2024 he went 10-9 last season with a 3.59 ERA, a 3.76 FIP, a 1.14 WHIP, and a 7.3 K/9 between Tampa Bay and Baltimore. With Baltimore, he went 5-2 with a 2.60 ERA, a 3.94 FIP, a 1.12 WHIP, and a 7.6 K/9. Berrios went 16-11 in 2024 with a 3.60 ERA, a 4.72 FIP, a 1.15 WHIP, and a 7.2 K/9 last season.
Boston Red Sox @ Texas Rangers – 4:05 PM EST
Garrett Crochet (6-12, 3.58 ERA) vs. Nathan Eovaldi (12-8, 3.80 ERA)
Crochet gets the season started for Boston, he is making his Red Sox debut. He went 6-12 last season with the White Sox with a 3.58 ERA, a 2.69 FIP, a 1.07 WHIP, and a 12.9 K/9. Eovaldi gets the ball for the Rangers. Last season he went 12-8 with a 3.80 ERA, a 3.83 FIP, a 1.11 WHIP, and an 8.8 K/9.
Philadelphia Phillies @ Washington Nationals – 4:05 PM EST
Zack Wheeler (16-7, 2.57 ERA) vs. MacKenzie Gore (10-12, 3.90 ERA)
Wheeler gets the season started for Philadelphia. Last season, he went 16-7 with a 2.57 ERA, a 3.13 FIP, a 0.96 WHIP, and a 10.1 K/9. Gore gets the ball for the Nationals. In 32 starts last season, he went 10-12 with a 3.90 ERA, a 3.53 FIP, a 1.42 WHIP, and a 9.8 K/9.
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Miami Marlins – 4:10 PM WST
Paul Skenes (11-3, 1.96 ERA) vs. Sandy Alcantara (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Skenes gets the season started for Pittsburgh. The young phenom last season went 11-3 with a 1.96 ERA, a 2.44 FIP, a 0.95 WHIP, and 11.5 K/9. Alcantara gets the ball for the Marlins. He makes his return after missing all of last season after undergoing Tommy John.
Atlanta Braves @ San Diego Padres – 4:10 PM EST
Chris Sale (18-3, 2.38 ERA) vs. Michael King (13-9, 2.95 ERA)
The reigning National League Cy Young winner gets the ball for Atlanta. Sale went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA, a 2.09 FIP, a 1.01 WHIP, and an 11.4 K/9. King goes for San Diego. He went 13-9 last season with a 2.95 ERA, a 3.33 FIP, a 1.19 WHIP, and a 10.4 K/9.
Los Angeles Angels @ Chicago White Sox – 4:10 PM EST
Yusei Kikuchi (9-10, 4.05 ERA) vs. Sean Burke (2-0, 1.42 ERA)
Kikuchi makes his Angels debut on Opening Day. He spent time with the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros in 2024. Kikuchi made 32 starts going 9-10 with a 4.05 ERA, a 3.46 FIP, a 1.20 WHIP, and a 10.6 K/9. Burke last season made four appeared with three of those coming as starts going 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA, a 3.32 FIP, a 1.00 WHIP, and a 10.4 K/9.
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New York Mets @ Houston Astros – 4:10 PM EST
Clay Holmes (3-5, 3.14 ERA) vs. Framber Valdez (15-7, 2.91 ERA)
Holmes will make his fifth career start on Opening Day. Last season with the Yankees in 67 games out of the bullpen he went 3-5 with 30 saves, a 3.14 ERA, a 3.02 FIP, a 1.30 WHIP, and a 9.7 K/9. Valdez gets the ball for the Astros he went 15-7 last season with a 2.91 ERA, a 3.25 FIP, a 1.11 WHIP, and a 8.6 K/9.
San Francisco Giants @ Cincinnati Reds – 4:10 PM EST
Logan Webb (13-10, 3.47 ERA) vs Hunter Greene (9-5, 2.75 ERA)
Webb gets the ball for San Francisco to start the season. He went 13-10 in 33 starts last season with a 3.47 ERA, a 2.95 FIP, a 1.23 WHIP, and a 7.6 K/9. Greene gets the ball for the Reds. He finished 2024 going 9-5 with a 2.75 ERA, a 3.47 FIP, a 1.02 WHIP, and a 10.1 K/9.
Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals – 4:10 PM EST
Tanner Bibee (12-8) vs. Cole Ragans (11-9, 3.14 ERA)
Bibee goes for Cleveland, he went 12-8 last season with a 3.47 ERA, a 3.56 FIP, a 1.18 WHIP, and a 9.7 K/9. Ragans will oppose him, he went 11-9 with a 3.14 ERA, a 2.99 FIP, a 1.14 WHIP, and a 10.8 K/9 in 2024.
Minnesota Twins @ St. Louis Cardinals – 4:15 PM EST
Pablo Lopez (15-10, 4.08 ERA) vs. Sonny Gray (13-9, 3.84 ERA)
Lopez starts the season for the Twins. He went 15-10 last season with a 4.08 ERA, a 3.65 FIP, a 1.19 WHIP, and a 9.6 K/9. Gray last season in his first season with the Cardinals went 13-9 with a 3.84 ERA, a 3.12 FIP, a 1.09 WHIP, and an 11.0 K/9.
Detroit Tigers @ Los Angeles Dodgers – 7:10 PM EST
Tarik Skubal 18-4, (2.39 ERA) vs. Blake Snell (5-3, 3.12 ERA)
Skubal gets the ball for the Tigers to start the season. The reigning Cy Young winner went 18-4 with a 2.39 ERA, a 2.49 FIP, a 0.92 WHIP, and a 10.7 K/9. Snell makes his Dodgers debut. Last season, last season in San Francisco went 5-3 with a 3.12 ERA, a 2.43 FIP, a 1.05 WHIP, and a 12.5 K/9.
Chicago Cubs @ Arizona Diamondbacks – 10:10 PM EST
Justin Steele (0-0, 0.00 ERA)* vs. Zac Gallen (14-6, 3.65 ERA)
Steele got the ball in the Cubs’ second game of the season in Tokyo. He took the loss going four innings giving up five runs. Steele walked one and struck out five. Gallen gets the ball for Arizona. Last season he went 14-6 with a 3.65 ERA, a 3.38 FIP, a 1.26 WHIP, and a 9.5 K/9.
Athletics @ Seattle Mariners – 10:10 PM EST
Luis Severino (11-7, 3.91 ERA) vs. Logan Gilbert (9-12, 3.23 ERA)
Severino makes his Athletics debut. In 31 starts last season for the Mets he went 11-7 with a 3.91 ERA, a 4.21 FIP, a 1.24 WHIP, and a 8.0 K/9. Gilbert will oppose him he went 9-12 last season with a 3.23 ERA, a 3.27 FIP, a 0.89 WHIP, and a 9.5 K/9.
