Staging Opening Day in Japan speeds up some personnel decisions that can typically wait until the end of March.

It's a great year time to be a Boston Red Sox fan. The last few years haven't been the greatest for the Red Sox, but they have been building to this moment. Boston avoided heavy spending in free agency and opted to give internal guys bigger opportunities.

It's too early for team officials to declare what they think the Opening Day roster will be, but there are some signs emerging.

Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson, isn’t getting the warmest arrival at the box office. The sci-fi comedy, starring Robert Pattinson as a pair of interstellar doppelgangers, earned $7.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,

Hunter Greene will be the Reds’ Opening Day starter. Anyone surprised? Hands? “His stuff is pretty special,” Reds manager Terry Francona said when announcing his rotation plans Friday morning. “It’s 100 \[mph\].

Andrew Abbott, who made 25 starts last season, said he thinks there's still enough time for him to make the Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day rotation

The Milwaukee Brewers 26 man Opening Day roster is continuing to take shape. Since our 1.0 projection last week, a lot has changed. The Brewers have signed veteran lefty Jose Quintana and seen another pitcher in line to make the team suffer an injury.

Miranda should see time both at first and third, and get plenty at-bats as the designated hitter. The Twins are expected to rotate at DH, as they have in years past, though it wouldn’t be surprising if Miranda was among the leaders in at-bats there.

Nathan Eovaldi will be the Rangers' first repeat opening day starter since Kevin Millwood started four in row from 2006-09.