Another Major League Baseball season gets underway today, but this year we are starting on time in late March, unlike last season, whose start was pushed back by the lockout.
As one would expect on Opening Day, there are aces abound on today’s slate, as every team is throwing its best healthy pitcher. As Sarah Langs pointed out on Twitter, this is a near-historic day regarding the Cy Young quality arms we will see toeing the rubber today.
8 pitchers who have won Cy Young awards are scheduled to start Opening Day
That would be the 2nd-most former Cy Young winners to start their teams' 1st games of a season in a year, behind only: