Mets at Astros prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 28  —  Its Friday, March 28 and the New York Mets (0-1) and the Houston Astros (1-0) continue their season-opening three-game series with Game 2 tonight in Houston.

Tigers at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 28  —  Its Friday, March 28 and the Detroit Tigers (0-1) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (3-0) continue their series at Chavez Ravine.  —  Jack Flaherty is slated to take the mound for Detroit against Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Los Angeles.

Skenes and Alcántara show early dominant flashes in hyped opening day matchup  —  MIAMI — Hyped as the most appealing starting pitchers' matchup of opening day, Paul Skenes outlasted Sandy Alcántara but neither was involved in the decision of the Miami Marlins' 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.

Snell wins Dodgers debut, Hernández and Ohtani go deep in 5-4 home-opening victory over Tigers  —  LOS ANGELES — Blake Snell won his Dodgers debut, Teoscar Hernández hit a three-run homer and Los Angeles defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in its home opener Thursday.

Austin Wells becomes 1st catcher in MLB history to hit opening day leadoff homer  —  NEW YORK — Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta's fastball into the first row of Yankee Stadium's right-field short porch and landed in the history books: the first catcher in a century and a half …

Orioles OF Tyler O'Neill homers on opening day for sixth straight year, extending own record  —  TORONTO — Baltimore Orioles outfielder Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run home run off Toronto's José Berríos in the third inning of Thursday's game at Toronto, extending his major league record …

Wilyer Abreu showed he was more than ready for Red Sox' season opener  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — For weeks, it seemed, it was the subject of speculation in Fort Myers: Would Red Sox right fielder Wilyer Abreu be available for Opening Day?  —  It was a legitimate worry.

Rockies give outfielder Mickey Moniak one-year, $1.25 million deal after his release from Angels  —  The Colorado Rockies added outfield depth by agreeing to a one-year, $1.25 million deal with Mickey Moniak.  —  Colorado announced the deal Thursday and also designated outfielder Sam Hilliard …

White Sox's Josh Rojas, Bryan Ramos, Mike Tauchman placed on 10-day injured list  —  CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox placed infielders Josh Rojas and Bryan Ramos and outfielder Mike Tauchman on the 10-day injured list on opening day on Thursday.  —  Chicago also added right-hander Mike Clevinger …

Manager Carlos Mendoza among those eagerly anticipating Juan Soto's New York Mets debut  —  HOUSTON — Juan Soto's debut with the New York Mets has seemingly the entire baseball world excited.  —  “Yeah, put me in that category too,” manager Carlos Mendoza said Thursday.  “I'm excited to watch him today and every day.”