There’s nothing quite like Opening Day at Dodger Stadium. The new crisp uniforms with gold accents, the flyover, the roar of the crowd, the unmistakable energy that signals the start of another chase for October.

Welcome to our annual MLB Opening Day overreactions! Regulars around these parts know the deal. We're starting off tongue-in-cheek and even sort of mocking people will go nuts over 1 game out of 162 in the regular season being in the books.

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series — and the MLB offseason. They are celebrating accordingly. The defending champions celebrated their eighth title in franchise history on Thursday with their Dodger Stadium opener after beginning the season a week earlier in the Tokyo Series.

It was not a very good Opening Day for Major League Baseball, as the league’s streaming platform dealt with a network error that prevented fans from watching games on the first day of the season. For some San Francisco Giants fans,

Shortstop Zach Neto was the Angels’ best offensive player last year, hitting 23 homers and stealing 30 bases; the 24-year-old, who is recovering from November shoulder surgery and will start the season on the IL, has a chance to become a star, as does Logan O’Hoppe, who is developing into one of the best catchers in the league.

While half of USA TODAY Sports' MLB insiders and editors predicted the Dodgers to be the last team standing, the Texas Rangers also received multiple votes to win their second World Series title in three years. Here's our full predictions and award picks for the 2025 season:

Bobby Witt finished runner-up for AL MVP last season without a first-place vote as Aaron Judge ran away with the award. Witt hit 32 homers, a .332 batting average, 109 RBIs, 31 stolen bases, and a 9.4 WAR (second behind Judge overall and offensively).