The Giants have received the initial return on their investment in Johnny Cueto, who guided them to a 2-1 victory over the Brewers on Tuesday night.

It was a blast from the past and a welcome sight from Giancarlo Stanton. The three-time All-Star connected on a moon-shot-style home run in the sixth inning off Justin Verlander in the Marlins’ 8-7, 11-inning loss to the Tigers at Marlins Park on Tuesday night.

Brett Cecil’s streak of consecutive outings without allowing an earned run came to a crashing halt Tuesday night when he served up the decisive two-run homer to Logan Forsythe in a 3-2 loss to the Rays.

Nelson Cruz and Robinson Cano led a long-ball parade as the Mariners ripped four home runs — three coming in the eighth inning — en route to a 10-2 runaway win over the Rangers in Tuesday’s second game of their season-opening series at Globe Life Park.

Major League Baseball’s new rules regarding slides at second base loomed large Tuesday night as Jose Bautista was called out for runner interference at second base in a play that saw two apparent runs negated and left the Blue Jays with a 3-2 loss to the Rays.

Tempers flared briefly in the top of the eighth inning Tuesday night, when Rangers reliever Tom Wilhelmsen was ejected after he hit Chris Iannetta in the thigh with the first pitch he threw after giving up a second-deck homer to Seth Smith.

The two best bullpens in the National League in 2015 went at it in the second game of the 2016 season Tuesday night. These bullpens, belonging to the Pirates and Cardinals, still looked like top-notch groups.

Jason Groome, the No. 1 prospect in the 2016 Draft class, made his first start of his senior season in high school on Tuesday afternoon in southern New Jersey. With what seemed like most of the scouting world on hand, the left-hander didn’t disappoint.

Lorenzo Cain ran really fast — and really far — to make a spectacular catch in Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to the Mets at Kauffman Stadium. Statcast™ helps add context to the highlight-reel grab, which robbed New York’s Michael Conforto of an extra-base hit off Chris Young in the top of the second inning.

The 2016 season is now under way for all 30 Major League teams, but the fun is just beginning. There still are a lot of firsts to look forward to this season, and that certainly is the case on Wednesday

This was the ceremony the Royals truly couldn’t wait for — the handing out of their 2015 World Series championship rings. The ceremony started about 40 minutes prior to Tuesday afternoon’s series finale against the Mets, and one by one, from owner David Glass to general manager Dayton Moore to manager Ned Yost and the players, all received their rings to tremendous ovations.

Johnny Cueto continued his career-long mastery of Milwaukee, allowing one run on six hits in seven sharp innings for a winning San Francisco debut, a 2-1 Giants victory over the Brewers on Tuesday at Miller Park.

The MLB record book is fast becoming a Story Book. Rockies rookie shortstop Trevor Story launched a home run to left-center off D-backs pitcher Shelby Miller on Tuesday night — his third homer in his first two Major League games.

It’s like it’s his job or something …

Logan Forsythe’s two-run homer in the eighth inning and a violation of baseball’s new slide rule gave the Rays a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.

AL #PitchersWhoRake alert!

Jered Weaver completed a four-inning simulated game from Angel Stadium early Tuesday afternoon and was later asked if he was ready — to pitch in games that actually count, to take the mound with an 80-mph fastball, to tame the planet’s greatest hitters with a repertoire that, in recent years, has become a target of equal parts wonder and ridicule.