Five times Juan Soto stepped into the batter's box during his debut with the New York Mets against the Houston Astros on Thursday. And five times baseball's $765 million man received steady boos from the Daikin Park crowd,

When the Mets signed Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract this winter, handing him by far the largest deal in Major League history, plenty of folks envisioned precisely the sort of scene that unfolded in the ninth inning on Opening Day: Soto at the plate,

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The Cubs and Dodgers opened the 2025 MLB regular season with the two-game Tokyo Series in Japan last week. Los Angeles swept those two games to begin their World Series title defense. Thursday is the traditional Opening Day when the rest of the league begins their regular seasons.

What to Know The Dodgers will send new starting pitcher Blake Snell to the mound in the team’s home opener. The Dodgers and Tigers play Thursday at 4:10 p.m. The team is billing the pre-game events as “a Hollywood show for the ages.