7-0 Dodgers tie best start for defending champ

Plus: 'Maddux' for pitcher coached by a Maddux

Wednesday, April 02 View In Browser  TOP NEWS 10 impressive pitching debuts to open 2025   Whether they're young phenoms leveling up, veterans adding a new wrinkle to their profile or healthy hurlers regaining their previous form, no shortage of starters impressed in their first outings of the new season. May's emotional return from life-threatening ordeal fuels LA's record start to season All Eugenio Suárez does is hit home runs -- and the latest was grand Complete team effort leads Padres to 6-0 start Eovaldi blanks Reds on 99 pitches for 2025's first 'Maddux' Young Yanks help Bombers make more homer history Ramos ties Hall of Famer Mays to back a wonderful Webb A short start but a successful one for Alcantara, who earns 1st 'W' since '23 'In a good spot,' Tucker impressing Cubs with early hot streak 'Electric' Angels rally in extras again for 4th straight win MORE TOP NEWS MLB MORNING LINEUP PODCAST TOP PERFORMANCES Kyle Tucker Homered in 4 straight games for 1st time in career Nathan Eovaldi 1st TEX "Maddux" since Colby Lewis on 9/11/15 Eugenio Suárez 3rd whose 1st 5 H of season all HRs (R. Deer, '92; R. Castro, '21) Shane Baz 12th start in Rays history with at least 10 K's, no BB Mookie Betts His 3 HRs this season all go-ahead shots PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY CJ Abrams bounces off the turf like it's rubber to throw out Will Wagner. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Predicting when prospects will make MLB debuts by month We haven't even reached a week of the 2025 MLB season, and we've already seen five Top 100 prospects debut in The Show. And that brings up the question, "Who is next?" Bunting for bucks pays off for Blue Jays Toronto manager John Schneider funded -- with his own money -- a bunting competition in Spring Training, and the results were on display in last night's win. Baseball execs weigh in on Torpedo bats The new lumber has been all the rage around Major League Baseball this week, but are they here to stay? Five games in, Kristian Campbell already validating the hype Some top prospects are drafted. Others are made. This is a story about the latter, and about what you really can learn from the first few days of a long Major League season. MLB Network Showcase: Braves vs. Dodgers It's the first MLB Network Showcase of the season when Matt Olson and the Braves battle Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers at 8:30 p.m. ET. Wednesday afternoon doubleheader Paul Skenes takes the mound for the Pirates against the Rays at 1 p.m. ET, followed by an Interleague matchup between the Giants and Astros at 4 on MLB Network. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD TEX 1 CIN 0 NYM 2 MIA 4 PIT 0 TB 7 ARI 7 NYY 5 WAS 3 TOR 5 MIN 8 CWS 3 KC 0 MIL 5 LAA 9 STL 7 SF 3 HOU 1 CLE 0 SD 7 DET 4 SEA 1 CHC 7 OAK 4 ATL 1 LAD 3 © 2025 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 (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) 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.