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Tampa Bay Rays vs. St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis; Thursday, 4:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Drew Rasmussen (0-0); Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore (0-0)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rays -125, Cardinals +105; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals host the Tampa Bay Rays for the season opener.

St. Louis had a 78-84 record overall and a 44-37 record in home games last season. The Cardinals pitching staff had a collective 4.29 ERA while averaging 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings in the 2025 season.

Tampa Bay had a 77-85 record overall and a 36-45 record in road games last season. The Rays slugged .401 as a team last season with 2.7 extra base hits per game.

INJURIES: Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

Rays: Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Edwin Uceta: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Pepiot: 15-Day IL (hip), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Taylor Walls: 10-Day IL (oblique)

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Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (0-0); Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (0-0)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dodgers -254, Diamondbacks +206; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers start the season at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Los Angeles went 93-69 overall and 52-29 in home games last season. The Dodgers averaged 3.2 extra base hits per game, including 1.5 home runs.

Arizona went 80-82 overall and 37-44 in road games last season. The Diamondbacks averaged 8.5 hits per game in the 2025 season with 3.3 extra base hits per game.

INJURIES: Dodgers: Jake Cousins: 15-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Stone: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Landon Knack: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Bobby Miller: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brock Stewart: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tommy Edman: 10-Day IL (ankle), Blake Snell: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kike Hernandez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Evan Phillips: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Diamondbacks: Tyler Locklear: 10-Day IL (elbow), Blake Walston: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Mena: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Lourdes Gurriel Jr.: 10-Day IL (knee), Adrian Del Castillo: 10-Day IL (calf), A.J. Puk: 60-Day IL (elbow), Merrill Kelly: 15-Day IL (back), Andrew Saalfrank: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Corbin Burnes: 60-Day IL (elbow), Justin Martinez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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Cleveland Guardians vs. Seattle Mariners

Seattle; Thursday, 10:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Tanner Bibee (0-0); Mariners: Logan Gilbert (0-0)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mariners -188, Guardians +157; over/under is 6 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Mariners host the Cleveland Guardians for the season opener.

Seattle had a 90-72 record overall and a 51-30 record at home last season. The Mariners averaged 8.3 hits per game last season while batting a collective .244.

Cleveland had an 88-74 record overall and a 43-38 record on the road last season. The Guardians averaged 2.6 extra base hits per game, including 1.0 home run.

INJURIES: Mariners: Miles Mastrobuoni: 10-Day IL (calf), J.P. Crawford: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Bryce Miller: 15-Day IL (oblique), Logan Evans: 60-Day IL (arm)

Guardians: George Valera: 10-Day IL (calf), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat), Hunter Gaddis: 15-Day IL (forearm)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.