The opening game of the 2019 Major League Baseball will be held in unison on Tuesday. Oakland and Seattle had their first official match at the Tokyo Dome.But the opening match on the mainland is a real opening match.
Only 30 pitchers from 30 teams are currently allowed to enjoy the honor of starting the opening game. Ryu Hyun-jin of Los Angeles Dodgers, who was tapped as the first major league starter in his career, is one of them. Ryu will face Arizona's zack Greinke at Dodger Stadium. In addition, "monster" pitchers representing the Major League will pitch for the first time at each pitch.
Justin Verlander is the starting pitcher for the opening game for the 11th time in his personal career. After debuting in Detroit in 2005, the Ballander has made nine starts in the team's opening game until 2017. Starting with the American League Rookie of the Year in 2006, he won two wins and five strikeouts. However, he did not have ties with the winning ring of the World Series.
After being traded to Houston in the middle of the 2017 season, however, everything started to unravel. That year, Houston kissed the ring for the first time in her career as she won the World Series. Two days after her victory, He married to world-class top model and actor Kate Upton in Toscana, Italy. He gave birth to his first daughter last year. With his outstanding baseball skills and finances and a beautiful wife, he was called a "man with everything by his fans.
He, who was in charge of Houston's opening game last year, will be on the mound for the opening game again this year. He is tied for 10th in his Major League career as the 11th starter in his career. The best ever is Tom Seaver, who has a record of 16 times.MLB and ESPN have the highest chance of winning the World Series in Houston, where Verlander and Gerrit Cole and one-two-punch.
Chicago's left-hander Jon Lester(eight innings) and Atlanta's Julio Teheran (six innings). Corey clover of Cleveland and Madison Bumgarner of San Francisco will start their fifth opening game.
In addition to Ryu, Masahiro Tanaka of New York Yankees took the lead in the first selection. This is the fourth time in his career that he has ever played in Asia. Luis Severino, who was originally scheduled to start the Yankees, was cast in a surprise move as he injured his shoulder.
The starting members of the opening game are also worth astronomical amounts of money. Recently, Verlander signed an extension contract with Houston on the condition of receiving 66 million U.S. dollars for two years starting next year.
Jacob Degrom, who is the winner of last year's National League Cy Young Award and the starting pitcher for the opening game of the New York Mets, announced a five-year, $137.5 million contract on Tuesday. Including the team option of $32.5 million in 2024, the total amounts to six years and $170 million. Boston's opening game starter Chris Sale has also signed a five-year extension of 145 million dollars.
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