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MLB Opening Day: When The Yankees And Mets Start The 2021 Season
The Yankees begin the season against the Blue Jays, and the Mets take on the Nationals Thursday.
NEW YORK, NY — The 2021 Major League Baseball season gets underway this week, with Opening Day for the Yankees, Mets and the 28 other teams set for Thursday.
The Yankees begin their 2021 season on Thursday, April 1, at 1:05 p.m. against the Toronto Blue Jays at home. Gerrit Cole will get the nod on the mound for the Yankees against the Blue Jay's Hyun Jin Ryu in the first pitching match-up of the season.
The Mets begin their 2021 season at 7:09 p.m. against the Washington Nationals in Washington, DC Jacob deGrom gets the Opening Day start for the Mets, facing off against the National's Max Scherzer.
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The 2021 MLB season will look different from any other year, at least in the stands, as fans will be allowed inside all 30 ballparks after a 2020 regular season that was played entirely without fans in the stands because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Teams have varied greatly in the attendance capacity rules set forth before the season. The Texas Rangers are allowing a 100 percent capacity return, which could mean more than 40,000 fans at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. No other squad is allowing more than a 50 percent capacity.
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The Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals are the teams allowing the fewest number of fans, only permitting 12 percent to start the season, according to The Athletic.
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At both Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, a 20 percent capacity will be allowed to start the season, meaning about 8,384 fans will be allowed inside Citi Field, while 10,850 fans will be allowed at Yankee Stadium.
Most teams, like the White Sox and Cubs in Chicago and Yankees and Mets in New York, have set limits below 25 percent capacity.
Thursday will also the first time in many years that all 30 teams will start the season on the same day. In recent years, a Sunday night baseball game was held before a Monday Opening Day.
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