Opening Day starters locked
Every MLB club has now announced its 2026 Opening Day starting pitcher — MLB and CBS Sports have full trackers listing each Game 1 starter across the league. These confirmations finalize rotation pecking orders just days before the regular season begins. (mlb.com) (cbssports.com)
The regular season opens with Yankees at Giants on March 25, while the league’s traditional Opening Day slate starts March 26 and runs across multiple days. (mlb.com)) Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Dodgers’ 2025 World Series MVP, was announced as Los Angeles’ March 26 starter and will take the mound in the home opener as the club raises its championship banner. (mlb.com)) Arizona countered by naming Zac Gallen its Opening Day pitcher for the March 26 trip to Dodger Stadium, marking Gallen’s fourth straight Opening Day nod after Merrill Kelly was sidelined by a back issue. (mlb.com)) The Pirates will start reigning NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes on Opening Day, and Detroit tabbed two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal for its Game 1 assignment. (mlb.com)) Several clubs stuck with familiar faces—Logan Webb gets his fifth straight Opening Day for the Giants and Max Fried his fourth for the Yankees—while the White Sox and Brewers plan first-time Game 1 starters in Shane Smith and Jacob Misiorowski, respectively. (mlb.com)) MLB’s league-wide list published Friday still noted one holdout: the Padres had not named an Opening Day starter as of that release, leaving the final Game 1 assignment in San Diego unsettled. (mlb.com))
