New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will join C.C. Ohtani and the Angels begin the season against Oakland left-hander Kyle Muller, who will be making his first opening-day start. Ohtani set career-highs last year in wins (15), ERA (2.33), strikeouts (216) and innings pitched (166). Cleveland's Shane Bieber and Kansas City's Zack Greinke met last spring.Īngels star Shohei Ohtani, fresh off leading Japan to the World Baseball Classic title, will make his second straight opening day start for Los Angeles. This is the second time in as many years that Cy Young winners will face each other on opening day. Scherzer is one of five pitchers since 1900 to record 10 or more strikeouts on opening day at least three times in their career.
Alcantara, a unanimous choice for the NL Cy Young in 2022, will break a tie with Josh Beckett (2003-05) and Josh Johnson (2010-12) for most opening-day starts in club history. Miami's Sandy Alcantara will the first Marlins pitcher to start four straight openers when he takes on three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer and the New York Mets. Kluber is the first newcomer to start Boston's first game since David Price in 2016. Only Hall of Famers Robin Roberts (12) and Steve Carlton (10) have started more season openers in Phillies' history.Įight Cy Young winners in all will take the mound on March 30, including Corey Kluber, who will make his first start for Boston when the Red Sox face Baltimore. The 29-year-old will make his sixth opening day start for Philadelphia. Nola, by contrast, has been a fixture for the Phillies. So this just makes all of the sense in the world to us.” We’re not looking for him to take us real deep in the game or anything. “We have the day off after opening day, so we can cover him. “Early, we had to hold him back a little bit, but we think he’s good to go,” new Texas manager Bruce Bochy said.
His work over the last month has been solid enough that the Rangers did not hesitate in making deGrom the seventh different pitcher to get the ball on opening day for the team in the last seven years. Texas has been cautious with deGrom during spring training after the 34-year-old reported tightness in his left side right before team workouts began in February. The two-time Cy Young winner got the nod from 2019-21 while pitching for the New York Mets.
This will be deGrom's fourth career opening day start. The ace right-hander, who signed a five-year, $185 million contract with the Rangers in the offseason, will face Philadelphia's Aaron Nola when the 2023 Major League Baseball season opens next Thursday.Īll 30 clubs will be in action that day for the first time since 1968. The Texas Rangers aren't wasting any time in seeing what they have in Jacob deGrom.
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