Until lineups are released, the likeliest candidate appeared to be Blake Sabol, the Rule 5 catcher forced back into the outfield because of injuries. Going streaking: For the 17th consecutive season, the Giants were expected to start a different left fielder on Opening Day.
It will be Logan Webb, making his second Opening Day start, against Gerrit Cole, making his fourth for the Yankees.ġ. The lights come on, the pressure gets to be a little bit more.” This one is a bigger stage than I think people are even giving it credit for,” manager Gabe Kapler said. And we haven’t even mentioned Aaron Judge yet. But in the Bronx, under the iconic white facade, with monuments to the greats behind the center field wall only adds to it. Opening Day is special, no matter the setting. 500 in their past 10 season openers, they would gladly take either result (a 12-3 win in Milwaukee and 5-2 at Houston in 2010). The last time they started a season outside of the Pacific Time Zone was 2016 in Milwaukee, and they’ve done it only twice since 2010. The last time the Giants opened the season in New York was in 1956, before they moved west. For as rare as their home season opener was in 2022, opening on the East Coast - on one of baseball’s grandest stages, no less - is as much of a novelty. NEW YORK - Beneath blue skies, with first-pitch temperature a few degrees above freezing, the San Francisco Giants open their season Thursday at Yankee Stadium.
