TBA. The sensible cash is on Zac Gallen getting the nod after ending third within the NL Cy Younger voting final yr, and fifth the yr earlier than. It could be his second consecutive Opening Day begin. Arizona opens the common season at residence towards the Rockies. TBA. Max Fried has began the final three Opening Days for the Braves, although the six-time defending NL East champs will not be brief on choices. Charlie Morton, Chris Sale, and Spencer Strider are all deserving of beginning the season opener. The Braves start the 2024 season in Philadelphia. TBA. Corbin Burnes, who arrived in a late offseason commerce, is the favourite right here. That’s very true with incumbent ace Kyle Bradish coping with an elbow harm. The O’s will host the Angels to start the common season. TBA. The Chris Sale commerce opens the door for Lucas Giolito or presumably even younger Brayan Bello to begin the season opener for Boston. The Purple Sox begin their season on the highway in Seattle. TBA. In Justin Steele and Kyle Hendricks, the Cubs have two worthy Opening Day starters. Steele completed fifth within the NL Cy Younger voting final season and Hendricks began three straight season openers from 2020-22. The Cubs start their season on the highway towards the defending World Sequence champion Rangers. RHP Dylan Stop. Assuming he isn’t traded earlier than Opening Day, Stop is the apparent name right here. Positive sufficient, White Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol informed reporters on Jan. 25 (via ESPN’s Jesse Rogers) that Stop will get the ball. It’s going to be his second profession Opening Day begin after he was dominant in Houston final yr. He struck out 214 batters in 177 innings final season, albeit with a 4.58 ERA. The White Sox open the brand new season at residence towards Detroit. TBA. The Reds haven’t had a pitcher begin consecutive Opening Days since Johnny Cueto began 4 straight from 2012-15. That figures to vary this yr with Hunter Greene once more prone to begin the season opener. The Reds will probably be at residence to tackle the Nationals on Opening Day. TBA. Shane Bieber has began the final 4 Opening Days and, so long as he is not traded between now and the beginning of the common season, he figures to make it 5 straight Opening Day begins. The Guardians will probably be in Oakland to open 2024. TBA. Kyle Freeland, a Denver native, looks like the apparent name right here with Germán Márquez on the mend following Tommy John surgical procedure. The Rockies will start the brand new season in Arizona, towards the defending NL champs. LHP Tarik Skubal. On March 1, supervisor A.J. Hinch introduced Skubal will begin Opening Day, per MLB.com. The Tigers spent cash on veteran free agent pitchers this offseason and will have given the ball to Kenta Maeda or Jack Flaherty. however as a substitute will probably be Skubal, who had a 2.80 ERA with 102 strikeouts in 80 1/3 innings after coming back from a flexor harm final yr. The Tigers will probably be on Chicago’s south facet to face the White Sox to begin the brand new season. TBA. Framber Valdez has began the final two Opening Days and Justin Verlander’s achy shoulder would appear to make it doubtless Valdez will begin a 3rd consecutive season opener. Verlander was doubtlessly in line for his thirteenth profession Opening Day begin, and his fourth with the Astros. Houston will host the Yankees to open 2024. TBA. Will Zack Greinke return to the Royals? If that’s the case, he may get the nod for the third straight Opening Day. Free-agent additions Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha are the alternate options. The Royals will probably be residence towards the Twins on Opening Day. TBA. For the primary time since 2021, somebody apart from Shohei Ohtani will begin Opening Day for the Angels. One in every of Reid Detmers, Griffin Canning, and Patrick Sandoval appears most probably to get the nod. The Halos will journey to Baltimore to begin the brand new season. TBA. Consider it or not, the Dodgers have used 5 totally different Opening Day starters within the final 5 years. Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will begin the two-game Seoul Sequence from March 20-21, we simply do not know through which order but. The 2 video games towards the Padres in South Korea will function the 2024 common season opener. LHP Jesús Luzardo. Sandy Alcantara’s Tommy John surgical procedure takes him out of the working, and meaning Luzardo will probably be Miami’s Opening Day starter, as manager Skip Schumaker told reporters. Luzardo, 26, is coming off a 2023 season through which he pitched to a 3.58 ERA with 208 strikeouts in 178 2/3 innings. The Marlins will welcome the Pirates to loanDepot Park to begin the brand new season. RHP Freddy Peralta. On Feb. 23, GM Matt Arnold introduced Peralta will begin the season opener. Will probably be his first profession Opening Day project. Peralta had a 3.86 ERA with 210 strikeouts in 165 2/3 innings final season, and he would be the first pitcher apart from Corbin Burnes and Brandon Woodruff to begin Opening Day for the Brewers since Jhoulys Chacín in 2019. Milwaukee will go to the Mets to start the common season. RHP Pablo López. On Jan. 17, the Twins turned the primary staff to announce their Opening Day starter. Will probably be López for the second straight yr, manager Rocco Baldelli said on Twins Radio. Acquired from the Marlins within the Luis Arraez commerce, López had a 3.66 ERA and 234 strikeouts in 194 innings final yr. That earned him a seventh place end within the AL Cy Younger voting. He would be the first Twins pitcher to begin consecutive season openers since José Berríos from 2019-20. Minnesota will start the brand new season in Kansas Metropolis. TBA. Kodai Senga, the odds-on favourite to begin Opening Day, will miss the beginning of the season with a shoulder challenge. Veterans José Quintana and Luis Severino have every made Opening Day begins up to now. Quintana was with the staff final yr and had the superior 2023, so determine he is the frontrunner in the meanwhile. The Mets will welcome the Brewers to Queens to open 2024. TBA. There is not any purpose to suppose will probably be anybody apart from Gerrit Cole, the reigning AL Cy Younger winner. He has began the final 4 Opening Days for New York. Cole will face his former staff, the Astros, in Houston on Opening Day. TBA. JP Sears was the A’s greatest pitcher final season however Paul Blackburn is their longest-tenured pitcher. Both can be a sensible choice for a staff that lacks good decisions just about all over the place on the roster. The Athletics will host the Guardians on Opening Day. TBA. Aaron Nola has began the final six Opening Days for the Phillies and that streak may proceed, although Zack Wheeler is the staff’s greatest pitcher, so it may very well be his flip to begin the opener. The Phillies will welcome the NL East rival Braves to Philadelphia to begin the brand new season.  RHP Mitch Keller. The identical day his five-year extension was introduced, the Pirates introduced Keller because the Opening Day starter. It’s going to be his second straight. The Pirates hadn’t had a pitcher begin consecutive Opening Days since Francisco Liriano began three straight from 2014-16. Keller broke out as soon as he added a sinker in the course of 2022, and he went to his first All-Star Recreation final yr. The Pirates will probably be in Miami to open 2024. RHP Sonny Grey. The Cardinals signed Grey to a three-year, $75 million contract this offseason, and certainly the massive free-agent contract comes with Opening Day duties. Supervisor Oliver Marmol made the announcement on Feb. 27, however Grey’s hamstring pressure has put Opening Day in query. A backup choice has not been introduced. Grey, 34, is coming off a 2023 season for the Twins through which he completed runner-up within the AL Cy Younger balloting. The Cardinals will go to Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers to start the brand new season. TBA. With reigning NL Cy Younger winner Blake Snell a free agent, the Opening Day nod figures to as a substitute go to both Yu Darvish or native San Diegan Joe Musgrove. The Padres and Dodgers will start the 2024 season in South Korea for the Seoul Sequence from March 20-21. TBA. Anticipate it to be Logan Webb for the third straight season. He completed second to Blake Snell within the NL Cy Younger voting a yr in the past. Webb and Giants will probably be in San Diego on Opening Day. TBA. The Mariners have a humiliation of riches of their rotation. Luis Castillo, George Kirby, and Logan Gilbert are all certified to begin Opening Day. Castillo bought the ball in Recreation 1 final season. The Mariners will host the Purple Sox to begin the yr. TBA. Shane McClanahan’s Tommy John surgical procedure and the Tyler Glasnow commerce imply the Opening Day honors are prone to fall to Zach Eflin, or perhaps Aaron Civale. The Rays will probably be at residence towards the Blue Jays when the season begins. TBA. Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer will start the season on the injured checklist, so anticipate the Opening Day nod to go to postseason hero Nathan Eovaldi. The Rangers have had 14 totally different pitchers begin the final 15 season openers (Cole Hamels did it in 2016 and 2018). Kevin Millwood from 2006-09 was the final Texas pitcher to begin consecutive Opening Days. The reigning World Sequence champions start 2024 at residence towards the Cubs. TBA. Kevin Gausman completed third within the AL Cy Younger voting final season and is the apparent selection right here. The Blue Jays will probably be in St. Petersburg to tackle the Rays on Opening Day. TBA. Patrick Corbin has began the final two Opening Days, nevertheless it appears doubtless he’ll cede that accountability this yr. All-Star Josiah Grey is the most suitable choice. The Nationals begin 2024 in Cincinnati.