The 19-year-old electrified a sellout crowd at PNC Park on Friday, hitting an RBI double in his first major league at-bat and helping the Pirates secure a 5-4 victory over the Orioles.

Follow 2026 MLB Opening Day live updates from Thursday, March 26th, with real-time highlights, scores, results and stats as they happen including Mets vs Pirates, Dodgers vs Diamondbacks on NBC and Peacock!

MLB and X are teaming up to revive the classic "This Week in Baseball" franchise, giving a serious jolt of nostalgia to fans of a certain age and giving younger fans a new way to track the sport's highlights and storylines.

Opening Day is special. It feels like a sign of spring and of hope. And that's where the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves on Thursday afternoon when they match up in a game televised nationally on NBC.

The Mets begin their 2026 MLB season against the Pirates at 1:15 p.m. ET from Citi Field. NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes will be on the mound for the Pirates against Freddy Peralta, who will be making his first regular-season Mets start.

“Bringing back the iconic ‘This Week in Baseball’ as an X Original seamlessly bridges baseball’s rich heritage with today’s biggest platform for sports fandom and real-time conversation,” said Mitchell Smith, X’s global head of content partnerships.

A flag was raised, an indomitable ace and a star-studded lineup collided and 24 more teams got their 2026 seasons underway on Opening Day.

The next step into the Orioles’ 2026 season has planted them in Pittsburgh again for the Pirates home Opening Day, a déjà vu with the exact same thing happening two years ago. No snow flurries are expected this time.