The Cubs and Dodgers opened the 2025 MLB regular season with the two-game Tokyo Series in Japan last week. Los Angeles swept those two games to begin their World Series title defense. Thursday is the traditional Opening Day when the rest of the league begins their regular seasons.

Juan Soto hit his first home run with his new team and Tylor Megill allowed just one run in five frames as the Mets grabbed their first win of the 2025 season, 3-1, over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

All eyes will be on the outfield Thursday afternoon at Daikin Park -- formerly Minute Maid Park -- when the Mets face the Astros on Opening Day. Mets star outfielder Juan Soto will make his debut for

Superstar Juan Soto made his debut for the Mets against the Astros after signing his record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract with New York this winter. Overall, his first game as a Met can undoubtedly be described as disappointing.

Juan Soto finds an opening and records a single in his first regular-season at-bat with the Mets.

Juan Soto hit his first homer with the New York Mets, helping his new team beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday night. With two out in the third inning, Soto drove a 1-2 pitch from Hunter Brown deep to right for a solo shot that lifted New York to a 3-0 lead.

On the first day of his first season with the Mets, of course it all came down to Juan Soto. A sleepy-turned-suspenseful Opening Day evolved into a familiar scene for the Mets, who never held a lead in the 3-1 loss to the Astros but brought the potential go-ahead run to the plate in each of the last two innings.

The Dodgers are hoping to become the first team in more than 20 years to win back-to-back World Series. Meanwhile, there are some teams that have yet to win their first.

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