Fresh off of his masterful outing on Opening Day at Tropicana Field on Sunday, Marcus Stroman is set to start the Blue Jays’ home opener when the Red Sox visit Rogers Centre on Friday.

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The Blue Jays are optimistic Josh Donaldson’s strained right calf muscle will not keep him out of the lineup for Friday night’s home opener against the Red Sox.

With Jay Bruce and Eugenio Suarez leading the charge, the Reds erupted with an eight-run fourth inning en route to a 10-6 victory over the Phillies and three-game series sweep to open the 2016 season. Bruce notched two homers in the win, with a career-high-tying five RBIs.

Did Bieber help K.C. win a World Series? We thought not.

Astros outfielder George Springer paid to have 24 fourth-grade students, many of whom are disadvantaged, from John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Kingston, N.Y., attend Thursday’s game against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The kids made a roughly 100-mile trip, and for most of them it was their first time seeing a big league game.

Adam Jones was not in Baltimore’s starting lineup Thursday as the center fielder is “a little sore in the rib-cage area,” according to manager Buck Showalter, who didn’t want to use the word oblique.

Taijuan Walker knows there’ll be a full house at Safeco Field on Friday night for the Mariners’ home opener. He knows the adrenaline will be flowing a little more than usual, the nerves will be jumping, the crowd will be roaring — and, yeah, he’s ready for it.

What did several Royals do on an off-night Wednesday? They attended a Justin Bieber concert at Sprint Center. Seriously.

As the hours tick away, uncertainty continues to reign over Jacob deGrom’s potential home opener start Friday at Citi Field.

“I met Chris Sale / I’m never going to fail.”

Major League Baseball and Quicken Loans have announced that the Quicken Loans Steal-A-Home Sweepstakes is back for a second season to help celebrate one of the more thrilling facets of the game.

Stephen Strasburg may not need a new weapon, but on Wednesday in Atlanta, it sure looked like he debuted a new slider. He refused to actually call it that, though it may not matter: It’s just another thing for hitters to worry about.

Of the prospects on MLBPipeline.com’s Top 100 list to start the season, four were on Opening Day rosters, including Byron Buxton, who graduated after his first game. Four in the top 100 are in extended spring camp awaiting assignment, one is serving a suspension and five are on the disabled list.

Rockies rookie shortstop Trevor Story has achieved many firsts by hitting four home runs in his first three Major League games. But he’s more than a homer machine.

The show is “Play Ball,” MLB Network’s new weekly show, hosted by Reynolds and geared toward kids, which debuts on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET.

Sonny Gray outdueled Carlos Rodon, firing seven innings of one-run ball with just three hits allowed in his season debut. Mark Canha homered in support of the ace as the A’s pulled out a 2-1 victory over the White Sox at the Coliseum on Wednesday for their first win of the season.