Major League Baseball’s 2025 season is underway with the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers kicking off their seasons in Tokyo before returning to the United States on March 27. The Dodgers won the first game of the series, 4-1, behind a strong start from Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
For the rest of the league, Opening Day falls on Thursday, March 27. This marks the beginning of the regular season for most teams, with 14 games scheduled that day. The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees will get things started at 3:05 p.m. ET, followed by the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays two minutes later.
However, not all teams start on March 27. The Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays will open their seasons on Friday, March 28, as Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, is still under repair due to Hurricane Milton’s damage last year.
The MLB Tokyo Series marked the league’s second consecutive season playing its first regular-season game overseas. Shohei Ohtani was praised by fans for his performance in the series.
Below is a breakdown of the March 27 games, including nationally broadcasted contests:
– Milwaukee Brewers at New York Yankees
– Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays
– Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox
– Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals
– Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals
– New York Mets at Houston Astros
– San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds
– Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
– Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox
– Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins
– Minnesota Twins at St. Louis Cardinals
– Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Dodgers
The following pitchers are set to start on domestic Opening Day:
– Freddy Peralta (MIL) vs. Carlos Rodón (NYY)
– Zach Eflin (BAL) vs. José Berríos (TOR)
– Garrett Crochet (BOS) vs. Nathan Eovaldi (TEX)
– Zack Wheeler (PHI) vs. MacKenzie Gore (WAS)
– Tanner Bibee (CLE) vs. Cole Ragans (KCR)
– Clay Holmes (NYM) vs. Framber Valdez (HOU)
– Logan Webb (SFG) vs. Hunter Greene (CIN)
– Chris Sale (ATL) vs. Michael King (SDP)
– Yusei Kikuchi (LAA) vs. Sean Burke (CWS)
– Paul Skenes (PIT) vs. Sandy Alcantara (MIA)
– Pablo López (MIN) vs. Sonny Gray (STL)
The Cubs, Dodgers, and Rockies are the only four teams without announced starters ahead of their first regular-season games following the Tokyo Series.
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/when-is-mlb-opening-day-2025-everything-to-know-about-the-schedule-starting-pitchers-and-tokyo-series-as-the-season-begins-154746565.html