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Major League Baseball returns for a full season of 162 games in 2021 after a single season in 2020. Not sure who will be playing for your team on opening day? We follow baseball games throughout the league as teams play in front of their own audiences for the first time since the pandemic.

Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers begin defending their World Series title early in the season. For St. James Louis Cardinals fans, the first chance to see Nolan Arenado’s acquisitions of the season, and San Diego Padres fans can see what ace Yu Darvish can do in his new home.

Watch for updates as the teams announce their starting lineups for all of Thursday’s games, beginning with the 1 p.m. showdown between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. and on ESPN.

Once the MLB begins, log on here to play ESPN Fantasy Baseball and get ready for Opening Day with predictions and Jeff Passan’s 20 biggest questions to start the season. Also, check out our depth charts for all 30 teams and a full season summary.

Message: The Orioles-Red Sox (rainout) and Mets-Nationals (COVID-19 edition) games have been moved to Thursday.

Blue Jay

1. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
2. Cavan Biggio (L) 3B
3. Beau Bichette (R) SS
4. Teoskar Hernandez (R) RF
5. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
6. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) LF
7. Rowdy Tellez (L) DH
8. Randal Grichuk (R) CF
9. Danny Jansen (R) C

Yankees

1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF3. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
4. Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
5. Glaber Torres (R) SS
6. Gio Urshela (R) 3B
7. Gary Sanchez (R) C
8. Jay Bruce (L) 1B
9. Clint Frazier (R) LF

Inder

1. Jordan Luplow (R) CF
2. Cesar Hernandez (S) 2B
3. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B
4. Eddie Rosario (L) LF
5. Frenchmile Reyes (R) DH
6. Josh Naylor (L) RF
7. Yu Chang (R) 1B
8. Roberto Perez (R) C
9. Andres Gimenez (L) SS.

Tigers

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jimer Candelario (S) 3B
3. Willie Castro (S) SS
4. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B
5. Jonathan Schoop (R) 2B
6. Nomar Mazara (L) DH
7. Wilson Ramos (R) C
8. Victor Reyes (S) RF
9. JaCoby Jones (R) CF

Gemini

1. Luis Arraez (L) LF
2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
3. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B
4. Miguel Sano (R) 1B
5. Max Kepler (L) RF
6. Byron Buxton (R) CF
7. Mitch Garver (R) C
8. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
9. Kenta Maeda (R) P

Brewers

1. Kolten Wong (L) 2B
2. Keston Hura (R) 1B
3. Christian Jelić (L) LF
4. Avisail Garcia (R) RF5. Travis Shaw (L) 3B
6. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
7. Omar Narvaez (L) C8. Luis Urias (R) SS
9. Brandon Woodruff (L) P.

Pirates

1. Adam Fraser (L) 2B
2. Ke’Bryan Hayes (R) 3B
3. Brian Reynolds (S) LF
4. Colin Moran (L) 1B
5. Kevin Newman (R) SS
6. Gregory Polanco (L) RF7. Jacob Stallings (R) C
8. Anthony Alford (R) CF
9. Chad Kool (R) P

Cubs

1. Ian Happ (S) CF
2. Wilson Contreras (R) C
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Chris Bryant (R) 3B
5. Jock Pederson (L) LF
6. Javier Baez (R) SS
7. Jason Heyward (L) RF
8. David Bothe (R) 2B
9. Kyle Hendricks (R) P

Brave

1. Ronald Acuna, Jr. (R) RF
2. Ozzie Albies (S) 2B
3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
4. Marcell Ozuna (R) LF
5. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
6. Dansby Swanson (R) SS
7. Austin Riley (R) 3B
8. Christian Pace (R) CF
9. Max Freed (L) P

Phyllis

1. Andrew McCutchen (R) LF
2. Rhys Hoskins (R) 1B
3. Bryce Harper (L) RF
4. J.T. Realmuto (R) C
5. Alec Bohm (R) 3B
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Jean Segura (R) 2B
8. Adam Haisley (L) CF
9. Aaron Nola (R) P.

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Dodgers

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Rocks

1. Rymel Tapia (L) LF
2. Josh Fuentes (R) 3B
3. Trevor’s story (R) SS
4. Charlie Blackmon (L) RF
5. C.J. Cron (R) 1B
6. Elias Diaz (R) C
7. Chris Owings (R) 2B
8. Garrett Hampson (R) CF
9. German Marques (R) P

Cardinals

1. Tommy Edman (S) 2B
2. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B
3. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
4. Paul DeJong (R) SS
5. Tyler O’Neill (R) LF
6. Yadier Molina (R) C
7. Dylan Carlson (S) CF
8. Justin Williams (L) RF
9. Jack Flaherty (R) P

Red

1. Jesse Winker (L) LF
2. Nick Castellanos (R) RF
3. Joey Votto (L) 1B4. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS
5. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
6. Nick Zenzel (R) CF
7. Tucker Barnhart (L) C
8. Jonathan India (R) 2B
9. Luis Castillo (R) P

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