This summary provides an overview of potential Opening Day starters for various MLB teams in the 2025 season, highlighting key players and their recent performances. It also includes information on the historical leaders in Opening Day starts. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft will start Opening Day for the Pirates. Skenes is one of the top pitching prospects in baseball and is expected to make a big impact in his rookie season. The Pirates will face the Marlins on Opening Day. In the 2023 draft, one pick was named NL Rookie of the Year and finished third in the NL Cy Young voting last year, with impressive stats of 1.96 ERA and 170 strikeouts in 133 innings. Sonny Gray is expected to start as Opening Day pitcher for the Cardinals, pending his health, while Yu Darvish may give way to Dylan Cease or Michael King for the Padres’ Opening Day. The Giants will have Logan Webb on the mound for their fourth consecutive Opening Day start, and Luis Castillo or Logan Gilbert may start for the Mariners.
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