MLB's 2024 Opening Day Pitching Matchups Announced for All 15 Games

MLB announced Tuesday the full slate of starting pitchers for Opening Day.

The season officially gets underway Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea. Yu Darvish takes the bump for the San Diego Padres, while Tyler Glasnow will make his Los Angeles Dodgers debut. The season more widely unfolds on March 28.

Glasnow won't be the only notable new face in a new place for the first game of the 2024 season.

Baltimore Orioles fans won't have to wait long to see Corbin Burnes, as he'll oppose the Los Angeles Angels' Patrick Sandoval. For much of the offseason, the fanbase might have been left underwhelmed by the lack of movement in Baltimore on the heels of a 101-win campaign. Acquiring Burnes was a big boost for the Orioles as they look to build on that success.

The most engaging battle on Opening Day will unfold at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

The Atlanta Braves' Spencer Strider and Philadelphia Phillies' Zack Wheeler finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the National League Cy Young voting. Strider won 20 games and led MLB with 281 strikeouts across 186.2 innings. Wheeler posted a 3.15 FIP and fanned his second-most batters (212) ever.

Atlanta vs. Philly has all the makings of a pitchers' duel, at least for as long as the two starters are allowed to stay on the mound.

While fans have come to expect Opening Day to be a showcase of aces, several major stars will be absent for one reason or another.

Shohei Ohtani is unlikely to throw at all in his first year with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The New York Yankees' Gerrit Cole, Tampa Bay Rays' Shane McClanahan, Miami Marlins' Sandy Alcantara, Houston Astros' Justin Verlander and the Texas Rangers' Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom are all on the injured list. Reigning NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell won't be in contention, either, after having not agreed to a deal until Monday.