The 2024 MLB common season begins Wednesday on the opposite facet of the world. The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres kick off the brand new season with two video games in Seoul, South Korea. These are regular-season video games. They rely. They’re additionally MLB’s first ever regular-season video games in South Korea. That is the primary time MLB will start a brand new season internationally for the reason that Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners performed two video games in Tokyo in 2019.
The Dodgers and Padres will play the two-game Seoul Collection this week, then the remainder of the league will start the common season with the normal Opening Day subsequent week, on Thursday, March 28. This is how one can watch the Seoul Collection opener.
Dodgers vs. Padres time, information
Date: Wednesday, March 20 |Â Time: 6:05 a.m. ET (3:05 a.m. PT)
Location: Gocheok Sky Dome (Seoul, South Korea)
TV channel: ESPN, SportsNet LA, Padres TV | Dwell stream:Â fuboTVÂ (attempt without cost)
Possible pitchers: RHP Tyler Glasnow (Dodgers) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (Padres)
Odds: LAD -205 | SD +170 | O/U: 8.5
Storylines
Dodgers: The Shohei Ohtani period begins. Los Angeles gave Ohtani a report 10-year, $700 million contract over the winter (with heavy deferrals), and though he won’t pitch this season as he works his approach again from September elbow surgical procedure, Ohtani will hit, and he has hit so much this spring. Supervisor Dave Roberts may have three MVPs atop his lineup: Mookie Betts, Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman. It will get no more durable than that for opposing pitchers. Additionally, Yoshinobu Yamamoto will make his MLB debut in Sport 2 of the Seoul Collection on Thursday. For some other staff, Yamamoto would have been the marquee offseason addition, however he is second fiddle to Ohtani with the Dodgers. Los Angeles gave Yamamoto, a reigning three-time MVP in Japan, the richest pitching contract in baseball historical past this offseason: 12 years and $325 million. The Dodgers will showcase all their new toys in Seoul this week.
Padres: On the finish of final 12 months, the Padres had been one of many largest disappointments in baseball, going 82-80 and lacking the postseason regardless of the game’s third largest payroll. They reduce on spending this offseason, most notably buying and selling Juan Soto and his $31 million wage, however the Padres nonetheless anticipate to contend in 2024. A wild-card spot is inside attain they usually do get to construct their offense round Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado, and Xander Bogaerts. That is a reasonably sturdy core even when it is not Betts, Ohtani, and Freeman. San Diego will begin Darvish and Joe Musgrove in Seoul. The rotation behind the 2 veteran stalwarts and the not too long ago acquired Dylan Stop is a bit shaky. Pitchers like Pedro Avila, Jhony Brito, Michael King, and Randy Vásquez will assist resolve whether or not the Padres have a bounce-back season, or fall wanting the postseason as soon as once more.
Prediction
The Dodgers take the Seoul Collection opener behind Glasnow thanks in fact — in fact — to an Ohtani residence run. The person has a aptitude for the dramatic. Dodgers 7, Padres 2