The 2026 Major League Baseball season begins on Wednesday with a matchup between the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park – the first game to be broadcast exclusively on Netflix. Three-time MVP Aaron Judge leads the Yankees into the new campaign,

The 2026 Major League Baseball season gets fully under way Thursday afternoon in Queens with a matchup between the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates. The game is scheduled to start at 1:15 p.m. ET with TV coverage on NBC and streaming on-demand.

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Jacob Misiorowski gets the season started right with our White Sox vs. Brewers predictions and Opening Day MLB picks.

Team USA faces Canada on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, the winner advancing to the final four of the game's premier international tournament. The Americans lost to Italy in the pool play finale on Tuesday and had to sweat out the result of Italy-Mexico on Wednesday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals despite going 3-1 in the group.