MLB Opening Day Plans
MLB Opening Day is set for Thursday, March 26, with the Yankees and Giants kicking things off a night earlier — Yankees vs. Giants is scheduled for March 25 at Oracle Park, 8:05 p.m. ET, and that opener will stream exclusively on Netflix. Full Game 1 starting pitcher lists were also released, including Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal on key cards. ( )
Netflix’s package for the season-opener includes streaming of the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on July 13 and the Field of Dreams special game on Aug. 13, and MLB says the streamer will carry select event games through the 2027–28 seasons. (mlb.com) Major League Baseball published a pitching-matchups release presented by Adobe that confirms Game 1 starters across the three-day Opening Day window of March 25–27. (mlb.com) The Yankees will hand the ball to left-hander Max Fried for the season’s first game, a nod that follows his 19-win, 2.86-ERA campaign in 2025 and comes in the second year of an eight-year, $218 million contract. (mlb.com) San Francisco will counter with right-hander Logan Webb in the headliner against Fried, giving Webb an opportunity to start at Oracle Park after his 2023 opening-day matchup with Aaron Judge. (mlb.com) Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes — the 2025 National League Cy Young Award winner — is listed for an Opening Day start and will be making his second career Opening Day assignment after returning from the World Baseball Classic. (mlb.com) Detroit’s Tarik Skubal, a two-time AL Cy Young winner, is scheduled for his third straight Opening Day start and enters 2026 in the final guaranteed year before free agency amid expectations of a major contract after his 2025 performance. (cbssports.com)
