{"id":644409,"date":"2026-03-26T11:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/644409\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:46:49","slug":"dodgers-opening-day-vs-diamondbacks-tv-time-stream-potential-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/644409\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Opening Day vs. Diamondbacks: TV, time, stream, potential lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> are back for another season as defending World Series champions.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers start the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> on Thursday, March 26<\/a>, at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n

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The team has one primary goal: Winning a third consecutive World Series.<\/p>\n

Yoshinobu Yamamoto played a key role during the playoff run for Los Angeles and earned the nod from manager Dave Roberts as the starting pitcher in the season opener<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SEASON PREVIEW: Can the Dodgers three-peat as World Series champions? <\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what else you need to know for the Dodgers on Opening Day:<\/p>\n

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(Salaries in present-day value calculated by MLB Labor Relations Department, impacted by deferrals and signing bonuses)<\/p>\n

1. Juan Soto, Mets – $61,875,000<\/p>\n

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1. Juan Soto, Mets – $61,875,000<\/p>\n

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2. Cody Bellinger, Yankees – $42,500,000<\/p>\n

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3. Bo Bichette, Mets – $42 million<\/p>\n

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3. Zack Wheeler, Phillies \u2013 $42 million <\/p>\n

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5. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays – $40,214,286<\/p>\n

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6. Aaron Judge, Yankees \u2013 $40 million<\/p>\n

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7. Anthony Rendon, Angels – $38,571,429<\/p>\n

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8. Jacob deGrom, Rangers – $38 million<\/p>\n

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9. Mike Trout, Angels \u2013 $37,116,667<\/p>\n

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10. Gerrit Cole, Yankees \u2013 $36,000,000<\/p>\n

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11. Jose Altuve, Astros \u2013 $33 million<\/p>\n

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11. Kyle Tucker, Dodgers – $33 million<\/p>\n

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13. Tyler Glasnow, Dodgers – $32,500,000<\/p>\n

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14. Francisco Lindor, Mets – $32,477,277<\/p>\n

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15. Tarik Skubal, Tigers \u2013 $32 million<\/p>\n

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16. Carlos Correa, Astros \u2013 $31,500,000<\/p>\n

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16. Corey Seager, Rangers – $31,500,000<\/p>\n

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18. Sonny Gray, Red Sox \u2013 $31 million<\/p>\n

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19. Corbin Burnes, Diamondbacks \u2013 $30,790,069<\/p>\n

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20. Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees – $29 million<\/p>\n

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21. Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers \u2013 $28,536,643<\/p>\n

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22. Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers \u2013 $28,206,684<\/p>\n

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23. Dansby Swanson, Cubs \u2013 $28 million<\/p>\n

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24. Carlos Rodon, Yankees \u2013 $27,833,333<\/p>\n

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25. Stephen Strasburg, Nationals (*retired) \u2013 $27,814,045<\/p>\n

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26. Bryce Harper, Phillies – $27,538,462<\/p>\n

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27. Trea Turner, Phillies \u2013 $27,272,727<\/p>\n

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28. Blake Snell, Dodgers – $27,152,056<\/p>\n

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29. Kris Bryant, Rockies – $27 million<\/p>\n

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30. Yordan Alvarez, Astros – $26,833,333<\/p>\n

How to watch Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

When: Thursday, March 26, 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n

Where: Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)<\/p>\n

Dodgers projected starting lineup:<\/p>\n

P: Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/p>\n

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C: Will Smith<\/p>\n

1B: Freddie Freeman<\/p>\n

2B: Miguel Rojas<\/p>\n

3B:\u00a0 Max Muncy<\/p>\n

SS: Mookie Betts<\/p>\n

LF: Teoscar Hernandez<\/p>\n

CF: Andy Pages<\/p>\n

RF: Kyle Tucker<\/p>\n

DH: Shohei Ohtani<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks projected starting lineup:<\/p>\n

P: Zac Gallen<\/p>\n

C: Gabriel Moreno<\/p>\n

1B: Carlos Santana<\/p>\n

2B: Ketel Marte<\/p>\n

3B: Nolan Arenado<\/p>\n

SS: Geraldo Perdomo<\/p>\n

LF: Jordan Lawlar<\/p>\n

CF: Alek Thomas<\/p>\n

RF: Corbin Carroll<\/p>\n

DH: Pavin Smith<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dodgers Opening Day: How to watch, potential lineup vs. Diamondbacks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers are back for another season as defending World Series champions. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2404],"tags":[664,1384,146,22,4314,5,1717,1538,1560,38,2196,815,5993,1533,543,729,29,774,57,1532,8935,4,1526,1028,352,468,1528,1535,13264,313,86],"class_list":{"0":"post-644409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-alek-thomas","9":"tag-andy-pages","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","12":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","13":"tag-baseball","14":"tag-carlos-santana","15":"tag-corbin-carroll","16":"tag-dave-roberts","17":"tag-diamondbacks","18":"tag-dodger-stadium","19":"tag-freddie-freeman","20":"tag-gabriel-moreno","21":"tag-geraldo-perdomo","22":"tag-jordan-lawlar","23":"tag-ketel-marte","24":"tag-kyle-tucker","25":"tag-los-angeles","26":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","27":"tag-max-muncy","28":"tag-miguel-rojas","29":"tag-mlb","30":"tag-mookie-betts","31":"tag-nolan-arenado","32":"tag-pavin-smith","33":"tag-shohei-ohtani","34":"tag-teoscar-hernandez","35":"tag-will-smith","36":"tag-world-series-champions","37":"tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto","38":"tag-zac-gallen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}