Everything you need to know about Yankees vs. Giants in Opening Night: Netflix's first MLB broadcast
The 126th MLB season begins tomorrow, but rather than having the traditional Opening Day where most teams play, this year will start with a standalone game on Netflix.
Every other team will start their season on either Thursday or Friday of this week, but the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants will kick the season off in a single primetime game on Wednesday.
Aaron Judge and the Yankees finished with a 94-68 record last year - second in the AL East, before falling 3-1 in the ALDS vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. Despite making the playoffs in eight consecutive seasons, the Yankee great is still searching for his first career World Series ring.
The Giants on the other hand are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since their magical 2021 season. They finished 81-81 last year, third in the NL West, but after adding Rafael Devers at the trade deadline and signing Luis Arraez and Harrison Bader in the offseason, this year's lineup is very formidable.
New York Yankees Projected Batting Lineup (vs. RHP) via Fangraphs
Trent Grisham (CF)
Aaron Judge (RF)
Cody Bellinger (LF)
Ben Rice (1B)
Giancarlo Stanton (DH)
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2B)
Jose Caballero (SS)
Ryan McMahon (3B)
Austin Wells (C)
*Anthony Volpe (SS) on IL
San Francisco Giants Projected Batting Lineup (vs. LHP) via Fangraphs
Heliot Ramos (LF)
Rafael Devers (1B)
Willy Adames (SS)
Matt Chapman (3B)
Harrison Bader (CF)
Luis Arraez (2B)
Jerar Encarnacion (DH)
Jung Hoo Lee (RF)
Patrick Bailey (C)
New York Yankees Starting Pitcher
On the mound for the Yankees is Max Fried, a southpaw that consistently has hitters off balance and miss barrels. He led MLB with 19 wins last year, finishing with a 2.86 ERA and 189 strikeouts in 195.1 innings pitched. He also added his fourth Gold Glove to his outstanding career and was fourth in AL Cy Young voting.
San Francisco Giants Starting Pitcher
Logan Webb also finished in fourth in the NL Cy Young award voting, and he'll be toeing the rubber for San Francisco tomorrow night. The Giants ace has terrific movement on his pitches and struck out 224 batters in a MLB-leading 207.0 innings pitched last year. He ended the year with a 3.22 ERA and won the Gold Glove for the pitcher position in the NL.
Yankees vs. Giants start time, location
First pitch for Yankees vs. Giants is scheduled for 5:05 local time (8:05 ET / 7:05 CT / 6:05 MT) from Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA.
Yankees vs. Giants TV channel, streaming
Yankees vs. Giants will broadcast exclusively on Netflix, the streaming giant's first ever baseball broadcast.
Netflix signed a three-year deal with MLB for 2026-2028 and will feature three broadcasts per year: Opening Day, the Home Run Derby, and one "special event" game per season such as the Field of Dreams game.
