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The 2025 Major League Baseball season begins in earnest Thursday, with 28 of 30 teams in action on the sport’s proper Opening Day.
The Los Angeles Dodgers enter the new season as favorites to repeat, further growing their superteam in the offseason. They’ll have stiff competition in the National League with the Braves, Padres, Mets and Phillies expected to contend as well. In the American League, the New York Yankees reloaded coming off their first World Series appearance in 15 years, but will be without ace Gerrit Cole this season.
Thursday’s slate begins at 3:05 p.m. ET with the Yankees hosting the Brewers and goes through the night with games in Seattle and Arizona scheduled for 10:10 p.m. Some key matchups to start the season include Red Sox-Rangers, Guardians-Royals, Mets-Astros, Braves-Padres and Cubs-Diamondbacks.
Keep it here all day Thursday for updates, scores and highlights from around baseball:
MLB Opening Day schedule
- Milwaukee Brewers at New York Yankees, 3:05 p.m. ET
- Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 3:07 p.m.
- Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers, 4:05 p.m.
- Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals: 4:05 p.m.
- Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals, 4:10 p.m.
- New York Mets at Houston Astros, 4:10 p.m.
- San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds, 4:10 p.m.
- Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres, 4:10 p.m.
- Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m.
- Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins, 4:10 p.m.
- Minnesota Twins at St. Louis Cardinals, 4:15 p.m.
- Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
- Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks, 10:10 p.m.
- Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 p.m.
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How to watch MLB Opening Day
ESPN will broadcast Brewers vs. Yankees at 3:05 p.m. ET. That will be followed by the defending World Series champion Dodgers welcoming the Tigers at 7:10 p.m. ET. MLB Network promises to have regional coverage of the Cubs-Diamondbacks and A’s-Mariners night games.
For those looking to stream the action, games available on ESPN and MLB Network are also available through MLB.tv or FuboTV.
Tanner Bibee turned himself into the Guardians’ No. 1 starter last year and recently signed a five-year, $48 million contract extension that could keep him in Cleveland through the 2030 season with a club option. There was a wave of positive momentum surrounding Bibee entering the 2025 season.
He was then tasked with taking the ball for the Guardians’ Opening Day game against the Kansas City Royals Thursday, but an illness has changed those plans, and he has been scratched from the start.
Instead, Ben Lively, coming off of a career year in 2024, will take the mound for the Guardians.
– Ryan Lewis, Akron Beacon Journal
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