Pirates at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 27  —  Its Thursday, March 27 and the MLB season in South Beach begins with a marquee pitching matchup.  Paul Skenes and Sandy Alcantara take the mound as the Pirates square off against the Marlins.

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 …

Every former Tennessee baseball player on 2025 MLB opening day rosters  —  Opening day for the 2025 MLB season will take place Thursday.  The regular season will end Sept. 28 ahead of the postseason.  —  Four former Vols, all of whom played under Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello …

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 …

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.”

Rays and A's Head to Minors as MLB Wealth Gap Clouds 2025  —  TAMPA - Major League Baseball opens the regular season far and wide on Thursday, but the focus is not on the Dodgers facing Detroit in Los Angeles or the Yankees hosting Milwaukee in New York.  —  From a baseball standpoint …

Teams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training robot umpire test  —  NEW YORK — Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers.

Mets reliever Paul Blackburn (knee) to start season on 15-day IL  —  HOUSTON — New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn will begin the season on the 15-day injured list with right knee inflammation, team president of baseball operations David Stearns announced Wednesday during the team's workout at Daikin Park.