Everything you need to know for Triple-A Opening Day

March 29th, 2024

Big league Opening Day is in the books. Now it’s time for Triple-A Opening Day to take the spotlight.

The Minor League season opens today when the Triple-A International League and Pacific Coast League seasons get underway for the first of MiLB’s two Opening Days. And right out of the gates, several of baseball's best prospects are on display: No. 1 Jackson Holliday leads a loaded Norfolk squad against No. 4 Junior Caminero and the Durham Bulls in the MiLB Game of the Day, and the top left-handed pitching prospect in the Minors, Toronto's Ricky Tiedemann, takes the mound in Buffalo.

Here’s everything you need to know about Triple-A Opening Day, all in one place.

Watch free MiLB games on MLB.TV
Once again in 2024, baseball fans can watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB’s digital platforms.

MLB.TV and MLB At Bat subscribers can watch their favorite team’s Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games will be available on MiLB.TV, on the web and in the First Pitch app.

But with or without a subscription, you can watch select, curated Minor League games featuring MLB’s top prospects FREE here on MLB.com and on the MLB Pipeline homepage all season long. The MiLB Game of the Day will be available on MLB.TV as well.

The first two editions of the Game of the Day feature three of the games top four prospects, with Holliday facing Caminero on Opening Day, and MLB's top pitching prospect, Paul Skenes (No. 3 overall), taking the mound for Indianapolis on Saturday.

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Where Top 100 prospects will start the season
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Fans' Guide to MiLB Opening Day
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2024 Rookie of the Year Candidates
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Pipeline Podcast's Opening Day primer
On the MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff are your tour guides through all the unfolding stories and breaking news of baseball's top prospects. This week, they break down the sheer volume of talent starting the year at Triple-A. Spoiler: It's not just Holliday, Skenes and Caminero. Far from it. More »