{"id":63868,"date":"2025-03-27T07:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=63868"},"modified":"2025-03-27T07:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:22:46","slug":"mlb-opening-day-2025-schedule-matchups-and-tokyo-series-everything-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/mlb-opening-day-2025-schedule-matchups-and-tokyo-series-everything-we-know-so-far\/63868\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Opening Day 2025 schedule, matchups, and Tokyo Series: Everything we know so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The 2025 Major League Baseball season is here, and MLB Opening Day kicks into high gear today, Thursday, March 27, 2025, with 14 games across North America. While the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs already launched the season in Japan, the rest of the league joins the party now. From schedules to standout matchups, here\u2019s everything we know so far about MLB Opening Day 2025 as baseball fans gear up for another 162-game marathon.<\/p>\n<h3>MLB Opening Day 2025 schedule and Tokyo Series start<\/h3>\n<p>The 2025 MLB season technically began on March 18-19 with the Tokyo Series at the Tokyo Dome, where the defending champion Dodgers swept the Cubs 4-1 and 6-3. Shohei Ohtani\u2019s first homer as a Dodger highlighted Game 2, per MLB.com, marking the sixth time MLB has opened in Japan. Today, March 27, 26 of 30 teams hit the field for the traditional MLB Opening Day\u2014the earliest in league history\u2014starting at 3:05 p.m. ET with the Milwaukee Brewers at New York Yankees. The full slate includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orioles at Blue Jays (3:07 p.m. ET)<\/li>\n<li>Phillies at Nationals (4:05 p.m. ET)<\/li>\n<li>Red Sox at Rangers (4:05 p.m. ET)<\/li>\n<li>Giants at Reds, Guardians at Royals, Pirates at Marlins, Braves at Padres, Mets at Astros, Angels at White Sox (all 4:10 p.m. ET)<\/li>\n<li>Twins at Cardinals (4:15 p.m. ET)<\/li>\n<li>Cubs at Diamondbacks, Athletics at Mariners (10:10 p.m. ET)<\/li>\n<li>Tigers at Dodgers (10:10 p.m. ET)<br \/>\nThe Tampa Bay Rays and Colorado Rockies wait until tomorrow, March 28, at 4:10 p.m. ET, delayed by preparations at George M. Steinbrenner Field\u2014Rays\u2019 temporary home after Hurricane Milton wrecked Tropicana Field (FOX Sports).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key matchups and pitchers for MLB Opening Day<\/h3>\n<p>MLB Opening Day 2025 features marquee starters and intriguing storylines. The Dodgers-Tigers clash pits AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal against LA\u2019s title defense, airing on ESPN at 10:10 p.m. ET. Brewers-Yankees, at 3:05 p.m. ET on ESPN, showcases New York\u2019s revamped roster with Juan Soto\u2019s Mets move still fresh in fans\u2019 minds. Confirmed pitchers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Freddy Peralta (Brewers) vs. TBD (Yankees)<\/li>\n<li>Zack Wheeler (Phillies) vs. MacKenzie Gore (Nationals)<\/li>\n<li>Chris Sale (Braves) vs. Michael King (Padres)<\/li>\n<li>Pablo L\u00f3pez (Twins) vs. Sonny Gray (Cardinals)<\/li>\n<li>Justin Steele (Cubs) vs. Zac Gallen (Diamondbacks)<\/li>\n<li>Luis Severino (Athletics) vs. Logan Gilbert (Mariners)<\/li>\n<li>Blake Snell (Dodgers) vs. Skubal (Tigers)<br \/>\nPer MLB.com, these hurlers\u2014many All-Stars\u2014set the tone, with new faces like Severino (now with Oakland) debuting for their clubs. X posts note the buzz around Soto\u2019s absence and Ohtani\u2019s Japan splash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to watch MLB Opening Day 2025<\/h3>\n<p>Most MLB Opening Day games air on regional sports networks (RSNs), but ESPN nabbed two national broadcasts: Brewers-Yankees and Tigers-Dodgers. MLB.TV streams out-of-market games with blackout rules, while FOX Sports covered the Tokyo Series opener (FS1 took Game 2). Streaming options like DIRECTV carry RSNs, and ESPN+ offers select games, per Yahoo Sports. The Rays-Rockies Friday tilt will likely follow suit on RSNs, though Tropicana\u2019s damage adds a twist\u2014Steinbrenner Field\u2019s prep pushed it back a day.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s new for the 2025 season<\/h3>\n<p>The 2025 MLB season tweaks the schedule: prime interleague rivals (e.g., Mets-Yankees) now play six games, up from four, with \u201cRivalry Weekend\u201d set for May 16-18 (MLB.com). The Athletics, sans Oakland, play in Sacramento\u2019s Sutter Health Park before their Las Vegas move, while the Rays adapt to Steinbrenner Field. The All-Star Game hits Truist Park on July 15, hosted by the Braves. X sentiment flags excitement for these shifts, though some fans lament Thursday\u2019s dense 3 p.m. ET start cluster\u201426 teams in action within an hour\u2014calling it a marketing misstep.<\/p>\n<h3>What we\u2019re still waiting on<\/h3>\n<p>As of 4:16 AM PDT today, some Opening Day starters remain TBD (e.g., Yankees, Astros), per FOX Sports\u2019 updates. Rosters finalized late yesterday, March 26, with cuts and surprises\u2014like the Athletics\u2019 young core\u2014still settling. The season ends September 28, but today\u2019s focus is the first pitch. Will the Dodgers repeat? Can the Cubs rebound? MLB Opening Day 2025 starts the journey\u2014play ball!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Major League Baseball season is here, and MLB Opening Day kicks into high gear today, Thursday, March 27,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baseball"],"reading_time":"4 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}