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2021 MLB Opening Day: Here's what we're watching in every single matchup

It all begins today. Every team was scheduled to begin play on the first day of the MLB season -- the way it should be every season -- before weather forced a rainout in Boston and the Nationals-Mets opener was postponed due to COVID-19 issues.

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 .