Every MLB Opening Day Pitching Matchup for 2024 Season

Happy Opening Day to those who celebrate. Now that all 30 starting pitchers are known, it is time to break down each of Thursday's matchups.

The list includes the Los Angeles Dodgers' Tyler Glasnow and the San Diego Padres' Yu Darvish, who made their regular-season debuts March 20 in Seoul, South Korea.

This year's list includes 14 pitchers who will make their first Opening Day starts. The group also includes 20 pitchers who have been All-Stars and four who joined new teams this offseason.

Angels at Orioles, 3:05 p.m. ET

Corbin Burnes (Baltimore) and Patrick Sandoval (Los Angeles) will get the ball for their respective teams. Burnes is in his first season with the Orioles since being acquired from Milwaukee in February. Sandoval is the first Angels pitcher to get the ball after Shohei Ohtani started the last two regular-season openers.

Twins at Royals, 4:10 p.m. ET

Pablo López (Minnesota) and Cole Ragans (Kansas City) get the ball in this American League Central showdown. López is starting on Opening Day for the second consecutive year, while Ragans is making his first Opening Day start. Ragans was acquired midseason from the Texas Rangers last year and is 14 years younger than the previous two years' starter, Zack Greinke.

White Sox at Tigers, 4:10 p.m. ET

Chicago has called on Garrett Crochet after trading Dylan Cease to the San Diego Padres. It will also be Crochet's first start in any capacity, making him only the third pitcher in the last 80 years to make his first career start on Opening Day. He will face the Tigers' Tarik Skubal, who is also making his first career Opening Day start.

Pirates at Marlins, 4:10 p.m. ET

Mitch Keller will be the first Pirates pitcher to start consecutive Opening Days since Francisco Liriano started three straight from 2014-16. Miami is handing the ball to Jesús Luzardo to start its season opener this year, ending Sandy Alcantara's franchise-record streak of four straight Opening Day starts. Alcantara is recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Cardinals at Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. ET

With Sonny Gray on the injured list to start the season, St. Louis turns to Miles Mikolas, who is making his second straight Opening Day start — the 25th straight year a right-handed pitcher has taken the mound for the Cardinals in their season opener. For the Dodgers, Tyler Glasnow will get his second start of the season and first at home. His only other Opening Day start was in 2021.

Nationals at Reds, 4:10 p.m. ET

Josiah Gray (Washington) gets the ball for his first career Opening Day start after having his first All-Star-worthy season. He will face Frankie Montas (Cincinnati) who is looking to rebound after barely pitching over the past two seasons due to a shoulder injury. This will be his third Opening Day start.

Blue Jays at Rays, 4:10 p.m. ET

Toronto turns to José Berríos for his second Opening Day start in a Blue Jays uniform and fourth in his career. The first two were with Minnesota. Tampa Bay is giving the ball to Zach Eflin, who is coming off an AL-leading 16-win season and a career-high 177 2/3 innings pitched.

Yankees at Astros, 4:10 p.m. ET

With Gerrit Cole sidelined with an elbow injury, New York has given Nestor Cortes his first Opening Day start, marking the first time since 2019 Cole hasn't taken the baseball on Opening Day for the Yankees. Framber Valdez will take the mound for his third consecutive Opening Day start with the Astros.

Giants at Padres, 4:10 p.m. ET

Logan Webb, the National League Cy Young runner-up last season, gets his third consecutive Opening Day start, making him the first Giant to do so since Madison Bumgarner's streak of four in a row from 2014-17. Yu Darvish gets his second start of the season and first at home since the Padres dropped his first start to the Dodgers in South Korea.

Cubs at Rangers, 7:35 p.m. ET

Justin Steele gets the nod for Chicago and will be the 10th left-handed pitcher in Cubs history to start on Opening Day and the second this century. Nathan Eovaldi will lead Texas in its first game since winning the World Series. He will be the Rangers' 14th individual Opening Day starter in the last 15 seasons.

Guardians at A's, 10:07 p.m. ET

Cleveland is handing the ball to Shane Bieber for the fifth straight Opening Day with the Guardians. He has a 1.19 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 22 2/3 innings in his previous four starts. Oakland is turning to Alex Wood, who joined the club this offseason and will lead the A's rotation. It's his first career Opening Day start.

Red Sox at Mariners, 10:10 p.m. ET

Boston's Brayan Bello will become the team's youngest season-opening starter since Aaron Sele (also 24) in 1995 when he takes the mound Thursday. Luis Castillo will make his second straight Opening Day start for Seattle.

Rockies at D-backs, 10:10 p.m. ET

Kyle Freeland gets his third Opening Day start with Germán Márquez still recovering from Tommy John. His start ties Márquez for the franchise lead. Arizona's Zac Gallen finished third in National League Cy Young voting last season and will become the sixth D-backs pitcher to start multiple Opening Days.

Brewers at Mets, 1:10 p.m. ET, March 29

Milwaukee is turning to someone not named Brandon Woodruff or Corbin Burnes for the first time since 2019 when Freddy Peralta takes the mound on Friday. José Quintana will be the Mets' first left-hander to start the season's first game since Jon Niese in 2013.

Braves at Phillies, 3:05 p.m. ET, March 29

Spencer Strider led all of baseball with 20 wins last season and will start his first Opening Day for Atlanta, breaking Max Fried's active streak of three consecutive Opening Day starts. Zack Wheeler's first career Opening Day start ends Aaron Nola's streak of six straight Opening Day starts for the Phillies from 2018-23.