ESPN.com · Apr 1, 2021
2021 MLB Opening Day: Here's what we're watching in every single matchup
It all begins today. Although rainouts could cause some games to be pushed back until Friday, every team is scheduled to begin play on the first day of the MLB season -- the way it should be every season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers begin their chase for history. They are trying to become the first team since the 2000 New York Yankees to win back-to-back World Series titles. Behind a power-packed starting rotation, maybe they even have a chance at the single-season record of 116 wins -- their 162-game pace from 2020 equated to ... 116 wins. Then they added Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer.