MLB Opening Day 2021: All 30 Teams Begin Season Thursday

ACROSS AMERICA — The 2021 Major League Baseball season gets underway this week, with opening day for all 30 teams set for Thursday.

Highlights of the opening day lineup include the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers visiting the Colorado Rockies, the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays playing at their Florida rival, the Miami Marlins, and the Cincinnati Reds hosting the St. Louis Cardinals.

Here's the full MLB Opening Day slate: All times Eastern

• Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
• Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 1:10 p.m.
• Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox, 2:10 p.m.
• Minnesota Twins at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:10 p.m.
• Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
• Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, 3:05 p.m.
• Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 4:10 p.m.
• Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 4:10 p.m.
• St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds, 4:10 p.m.
• Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 4:10 p.m.
• Tampa Bay Rays at Miami Marlins, 4:10 p.m.
• New York Mets at Washington Nationals, 7:09 p.m.
• Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels, 10:05 p.m.
• Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics, 10:07 p.m.
• San Francisco Giants at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 p.m.

The 2021 MLB season will look different from any previous year, at least in the stands, as fans will be allowed inside all 30 ballparks after a 60-game shortened 2020 regular season that was played entirely without fans in the stands because of the coronavirus pandemic.

All teams are scheduled to return to a 162-game slate in 2021.

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.

The Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals are the teams allowing the fewest number of fans, permitting only 12 percent to start the season, according to The Athletic.

Most teams, such as the White Sox and Cubs in Chicago and Yankees and Mets in New York, have set limits below 25 percent capacity.

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