10‑game MLB Monday slate
Major League Baseball opens a 10‑game slate on Monday that features prospect Paul Skenes making a start against the Nationals and the Oakland Athletics chasing a sixth straight win. (x.com) The packed schedule is being flagged across social feeds as an early‑season moment to follow several developing storylines. (x.com)
Major League Baseball’s Monday, April 13 schedule opens with 10 games, led by Paul Skenes starting for Pittsburgh and the Athletics bringing a five-game winning streak home to Sacramento. (mlb.com) The first pitch comes at 4:10 p.m. Eastern in Houston at Seattle, and the night closes at 10:10 p.m. Eastern with the New York Mets at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pittsburgh hosts Washington at 6:40 p.m. Eastern, and Texas visits the Athletics at 9:40 p.m. Eastern at Sutter Health Park. (mlb.com) Skenes, a 23-year-old right-hander and the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, is lined up for the Pirates after opening the season as Pittsburgh’s youngest Opening Day starter since 1893. He made his Major League debut on May 11, 2024, and struck out six over seven innings in a win at Tampa Bay on April 2. (mlb.com) Pittsburgh enters Monday at 9-6, first in the National League Central, while Washington is 7-8. The four-game series starts at PNC Park after the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Sunday and the Nationals lost 8-6 to Milwaukee. (mlb.com, mlb.com) The Athletics arrive at 8-7 after beating the Mets 1-0 on Sunday for their fifth straight win. Their Monday game is another home date at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, where the club is playing while its long-term move to Las Vegas remains in progress. (mlb.com, mlb.com) Texas is also 8-7, which makes the Rangers-Athletics matchup an early American League West meeting between clubs that started the day even in the standings. Major League Baseball’s standings page listed both teams at.533 entering Monday. (mlb.com, mlb.com) The rest of the slate fills in a broad early-season snapshot: Arizona at Baltimore, Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees, Miami at Atlanta, Boston at Minnesota, Cleveland at St. Louis, and Mets at Dodgers. Two clubs, Kansas City and Detroit, are off Monday before opening a series on Tuesday, April 14. (mlb.com, espn.com) Sixteen games into a 162-game season does not settle a division race, but it does fix the daily rhythm: rotations turn over, off days end, and contenders start seeing the same opponents again. Monday’s board puts a young ace, a temporary ballpark, and two division races on the same calendar. (mlb.com, mlb.com)
