MLB Opening Day starter tracker Full lis

Major League Baseball is scheduled to kick off the 2021 regular season on April 1. In some respects, the year will mark a return to normalcy after the pandemic-altered 2020 campaign. Every team is slated to play 162 games, in front of crowds ( ), and with the intent to serve as one of the 10 teams left standing come October.With the season nearing, we decided now would be a good time to compile a living document that chronicles every team's Opening Day starter situation. A number of teams have already announced their plans, and more should be joining them over the coming days and weeks. (We'll update this piece as need be.)Before we get to the good stuff, here is the all-time Opening Day start leaderboard: Tom Seaver: 16 career Opening Day startsSteve Carlton: 14Jack Morris: 14Randy Johnson: 14Walter Johnson: 14While it's true that Opening Day counts for only one game in the standings, it's still an honor to be tabbed as the starting pitcher for that day. With that in mind, here's who's getting the ball in Game 1 around the league. LHP Madison Bumgarner. This will be the second straight Opening Day start for Bumgarner with the Diamondbacks (he also started five season openers with the Giants). Righty Zac Gallen, fresh off a 2.75 ERA in Allen Robinson Jersey 72 innings last year, may have gotten the nod had he not . The last D-Backs pitcher to start consecutive Opening Days was Zack Greinke in 2016-17. LHP Max Fried.The Braves have announced southpaw Max Fried as their starter for their April 1 tilt versus the Phillies. Fried finished fifth in Cy Young Award voting last fall after posting a 2.25 ERA (216 ERA+) in 56 innings. LHP John Means.No surprise here. Means had an All-Star season in 2019 and finished second on the staff in innings last season behind the since-traded Alex Cobb. The Orioles haven't had a pitcher make consecutive Opening Day starts since Chris Tillman in 2014-16. RHP Nathan Eovaldi.Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez had been slated to make the Opening Day start for Boston, but he was diagnosed with a dead arm late in spring training. While the team says the move is precautionary in nature, they won't send Rodriguez to the mound on April 1 against the Orioles. Instead, Eovaldi gets the call. He's coming off a 2020 season in which he pitched to a 3.72 ERA and 7.43 K/BB ratio Chicago Bears Home Office in nine starts. RHP Kyle Hendricks. This was a formality once Yu Darvish was traded. The April 1 contest against the Pirates will be the second straight Opening Day start for Hendricks, . Prior to Hendricks, Jon Lester had started the previous three season-openers for the North Siders.nbsp; RHP Lucas Giolito. The White Sox announced that Giolito will make back-to-back Opening Day starts on March 15, . Giolito is the first White Sox starter with consecutive Game 1 nods since Chris Sale in 2013-14. If he can make it three straight, he'll join a select group since World War II that includes Mark Buehrle (twice), Jack McDowell, Wilbur Wood, and Billy Pierce. The White Sox open the season on April 1 with a visit to the Angels. RHP Luis Castillo. With Sonny Gray dealing with a back injury, Castillo became the obvious pick to start Opening Day for the Reds. This will be his second career Opening Day start, having previously kicked off the 2019 campaign. The Reds have not had a pitcher making consecutive Opening Day starter since Johnny Cueto from 2012-15. RHP Shane Bieber. Cleveland named Bieber its Opening Day starter Chicago Bears Women Jersey against the Tigers, . Bieber will be making his second consecutive Game 1 start. Should he make a third, he'll join Corey Kluber, Justin Masterson, CC Sabathia, and Bartolo Colon as the Cleveland starters to do so since the last round of expansion. RHP German Marquez. Marquez led last year's staff in innings pitched and will get the nod for the second straight Opening Day. He is the sixth pitcher in franchise history to start consecutive Opening Days, joining Jon Gray, Ubaldo Jimenez, Mike Hampton, Darryl Kile, and Kevin Ritz. LHP Matthew Boyd. New manager A.J Jaylon Johnson Jersey . Hinch confirmed Body will start the season-opener, . It will be his second consecutive Opening Day start. The Tigers have had only one pitcher start three consecutive Game 1s since 1998's expansion. That individual? You gue sed it, Justin Verlander. RHP Zack Greinke. The Astros announced on March 15 that Greinke will start their opener against the Athletics, . This will mark Greinke's first Opening Day start with the Astros, but not the first of his career. He previously started for the Royals in 2010 and the Diamondbacks in 2016, 2017, and 2019. Justin Verlander had made three consecutive Opening Day starts for Houston. RHP Brad Keller. Keller will be Kansas City's Opening Day starter for the second time in three years, . Danny Duffy and Mike Minor were the other top candidates. Duffy started Opening Day in 2017, 2018, and 2020. Only Dennis Leonard (four) and Kevin Appier (seven) have more season-opener starts in franchise history. RHP Dylan Bundy. The Angels announced on March 15 that Dylan Bundy will receive the honor of starting against the White Sox come April 1, . The Angels haven't had someone start consecutive Opening Days since Jered Weaver did it from 2010-15. There's no guarantee Bundy will break that streak, as he's scheduled to hit free agency come wintertime. LHP Clayton Kershaw. Manager Dave Roberts announced on March 14 that Kershaw will make his ninth career Opening Day start, . Kershaw was robbed of the honor by injury William Perry Jersey in each of the past two years, including last July when he was a late scratch in favor of Dustin May. Kershaw is a free agent at season's end, and it's po sible this is his final Opening Day as a member of the organization. The Dodgers will begin the year on April 1 in Colorado against the Rockies. RHP Sandy Alcantara. This will be Alcantara's second straight Opening Day start, . The right-hander has been rock steady since arriving in Miami as part of the Marcell Ozuna trade with the Cardinals. Alcantara owns a 3.69 ERA in 273 1/3 innings with the Marlins and was an All-Star in 2019. Jose Urena was the last pitcher to start Opening Day for the Marlins prior to Alcantara. RHP Brandon Woodruff. Once again, Woodruff will get the ball on Opening Day, . He will be the first Brewers starter to start back-to-back season-openers since Yovani Gallardo in 2010-14, ending a stretch of six different Opening Day starters in six years. RHP Kenta Maeda. The Twins announced on March 14 that Maeda will start on April 1 against the Brewers, . Maeda will sn