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Those staff aces making their debuts for their
new teams are Corbin Burnes of the Baltimore Orioles, Tyler
Glasnow of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Frankie Montas of the
Cincinnati Reds and Alex Wood of the Oakland Athletics.
In the Seoul Series opener, at 6:05 a.m. ET, Glasnow and the
Dodgers meet Yu Darvish and the San Diego Padres with the teams
playing again 24 hours later.
MLB Network will have all the preview material for Opening Day
covered with nine studio shows airing March 27.
Highlighting the March 28 slate is the lone interleague matchup,
ESPN's national broadcast between last season's World Series
champion Texas Rangers and the Chicago Cubs in Arlington, Texas.
The Rangers will send right-hander Nathan Eovaldi against Cubs
lefty Justin Steele.
The Dodgers, favorites to win the 2024 World Series, return from
Seoul to host the St. Louis Cardinals March 28.
Prized free-agent acquisition Shohei Ohtani is expected to play
his first home game for the Dodgers in that contest, an MLB
Network-televised matchup against Cardinals right-hander Miles
Mikolas.
A pair of leading American League contenders meet in Houston
when the New York Yankees send Nestor Cortes against the Astros'
Framber Valdez.
There are also six divisional contests, highlighted by the
Philadelphia Phillies' visit to the Atlanta Braves in a rematch
of the National League Division Series. The Phillies will send
Zack Wheeler to the mound while ace Spencer Strider takes the
bump for the Braves.
The Braves and Phillies combined to win 194 games last season.
--Field Level Media
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