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MLB opening week 2024: Top 8 takeaways

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The start of a new MLB season is all about what has changed since we've last seen these teams -- and wow, what an opening weekend it was for new faces in new places.

In his first game for his new team, Corbin Burnes had 11 strikeouts, the most by a Baltimore Orioles pitcher on Opening Day since 1998. Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded from that disastrous first start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in South Korea to toss five scoreless innings against the St. Louis Cardinals (only to have a rare Dodger Stadium rain delay shorten his outing).