The Red Sox have named Corey Kluber as their Opening Day starter, according to Pete Abraham, of The Boston Globe.
Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner and three-time All-Star, will take the mound on March 30 when the Red Sox host the Baltimore Orioles.
For the past five years, Boston has started either Nathan Eovaldi or Chris Sale on Opening Day.
Eovaldi left in December, signing a two-year $34 million contract with the Rangers. Red Sox manager Alex Cora told Sale “a while ago” that he wouldn’t be named the Opening Day starter.