Yankees will feature a different lineup dynamic, an altered top of the rotation and a new lead play-by-play radio voice to open the season.

The New York Yankees' Austin Wells became the first catcher in MLB history to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day.

The Cubs and Dodgers opened the 2025 MLB regular season with the two-game Tokyo Series in Japan last week. Los Angeles swept those two games to begin their World Series title defense. Thursday is the traditional Opening Day when the rest of the league begins their regular seasons.

The national audience will have two chances to enjoy Opening Day as ESPN will broadcast Brewers vs. Yankees at 2:05 p.m. CT. That will be followed by the defending World Series champion Dodgers welcoming the Tigers at 6:10 p.m. CT. MLB Network promises to have regional coverage of the Cubs-Diamondbacks and A's-Mariners night games.

That’s just trying to be the best we can be,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “We’re trying to win on the margins and that shows up in so many different ways.”

Giancarlo Stanton has begun swinging a bat, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said prior to the Yankees' Opening Day win over the Brewers on Thursday. That's an encouraging sign toward the slugger's return as he begins the 2025 season on the injured list due to tendinitis in both of his elbows.

In an electrifying start to the Major League Baseball season, New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells made headlines by hitting a historical leadoff home run on Opening Day. As the first Yankees catcher to accomplish this feat and the first in league history to do so on Opening Day,

Catch all the action between the Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Yankees in this MLB Opening Day matchup live on Thursday at Yankee Stadium.