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The White Sox will open the season at Houston and the Cubs will host the Brewers.

A lot can happen in 40 games, but here’s one thing that baseball fans around New England should stop hoping for: a Red Sox playoff berth.

BALTIMORE — It was fireworks night at Camden Yards, and that moniker existed far before any postgame display.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins know better than anyone about the restorative properties of extra rest. They once set up a special nap room for Nelson Cruz, after all.

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No matter what numbers you look at, the White Sox starter ranks among the very best in baseball this season.

Gavin Sheets’ two-run pinch double in the seventh and Yoan Moncada’s go-ahead single in the eighth propelled the Sox to their fifth victory in a row.

TORONTO — For all his talents, Adley Rutschman’s greatest strength might just be his ability to discern balls from strikes, a model of the swing decision-based development plan that floods the Orioles’ minor league system. At times, it’s burned him, with his awareness of the strike zone perhaps sharper than…

Houston's record as a road favorite is notable, but Tuesday is all about the pitching.