Baseball is HERE! Your guide to Opening Day

Plus: Let Trout get you hyped for the season

Thursday, March 28 View In Browser  Good morning! It's time for two magical words ... PLAY BALL! TOP NEWS Baseball's back! Here's your comprehensive guide to Opening Day   There's no better day on the calendar, and to prepare you for a jam-packed slate of games, we've laid out a 1-stop shop for everything you need to know before the first pitch is thrown.   Ranking every Opening Day starting pitcher faceoff There is no honor quite like your team handing you the ball to take the mound on Opening Day. Every one of these matchups promises something to see, whether it's aces going head to head or young arms out to prove themselves. For the next six months, baseball is the one thing you can rely on From now until the fall, baseball will always be … happening. There are so many things that baseball does well, writes MLB.com's Will Leitch, but the best thing baseball does is simply that it happens, day in and day out. Dodgers make sure their backstop will be here for the long haul Catcher Will Smith signed a 10-year extension with the Dodgers, who have now built a core of stars that will be in Los Angeles for the next decade.  Future stars Chourio, Langford are ready for the spotlight Jackson Chourio of the Brewers and Wyatt Langford of the Rangers will be making highly anticipated debuts in their teams' season openers. Here's what you can expect from the exciting pair of top prospects.   Yanks trade for speedy Berti to shore up infield picture An injury to DJ LeMahieu made it necessary for the Yankees to go searching for a versatile infielder, and they found one in the Marlins' Jon Berti, who can play a variety of positions and steal bases.  MORE TOP NEWS PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! STAFF PICKS Who better than Mike Trout to get you pumped for Opening Day? Today will be Mike Trout's 12th Opening Day in the bigs. And as Trout says, "If you love baseball like I do, you know there's one day you love it unlike any other day: Opening Day. Just saying those two words will make you smile." Watch Trout welcome you to the 2024 season. The awesome traditions that make Opening Day extra special A mom and son attending their 51st opener together. A national anthem singer carrying on his father's lasting legacy. These traditions and many more are part of what makes this day so memorable.  If only a few things break their way ... It's hard for any team to have a good season without some things going exactly right. And those things can take many forms over the course of 162 games. Sluggers who knew how to make an entrance You're probably not shocked that Ken Griffey Jr. is atop this list, but which other power hitters have launched the most homers on Opening Day?  These were the stars of Opening Days past Last year, O's backstop Adley Rutschman joined this list of the best performances in season openers. Will anyone make a case for inclusion today? Network Showcase: Cardinals vs. Dodgers  Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals take on Mookie Betts and the Dodgers in the Casamigos Tequila MLB Network Showcase Game at 4 p.m. ET. MORE STORIES © 2024 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You () received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.