Opening Day set
MLB opens with the Giants vs. Yankees at Oracle Park at 8:05 p.m. ET, followed by an 11-game slate the next day, and Opening Day starters (including ace matchups like Severino vs. Gausman) are now posted. Managers should lock rotations and note those early matchups for Week 1 fantasy strategy. (mlb.com) (mlb.com)
Max Fried will get the ball for the Yankees in his fourth career Opening Day start — his first with New York — while Logan Webb is pegged for a fifth straight season-opening turn, a streak that trails only Juan Marichal in Giants history. (mlb.com) Paul Skenes, the 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner, is scheduled to make his second straight Opening Day start for the Pirates, and Freddy Peralta will make his third consecutive Opening Day start after being acquired by the Mets in the offseason. (mlb.com) Kevin Gausman was announced as Toronto’s Opening Day starter and will begin the 2026 season in the final year of his five-year, $110 million deal, marking his first Opening Day nod with the Blue Jays. (mlb.com) Oakland will counter with veteran right-hander Luis Severino, whose 2025 line was 8-11 with a 4.54 ERA across 29 starts and who owns previous Opening Day starts in 2018 and 2025. (mlb.com) Milwaukee opened the season with 23-year-old Jacob Misiorowski on the mound after trading away Freddy Peralta, and the Padres were the only club listed as not yet naming an Opening Day starter in MLB’s confirmed list. (mlb.com) MLB’s roundup of the five most intriguing Opening Day pitching matchups put Webb vs. Fried at the top of the list, highlighting Fried’s recent Cy Young voting finish and Webb’s consistent top-11 NL Cy Young placements. (mlb.com)
