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NEW YORK (AP) — The 148 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources.

NEW YORK (AP) — The 26 remaining free agents: AMERICAN LEAGUE BOSTON (1) —James Paxton, lhp. CHICAGO (1) — Dominic Leone, rhp. KANSAS CITY (2) — Robbie Grossman, of; Will Smith, lhp. MINNESOTA (1) — Anthony DeSclafani, rhp.

NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta's fastball into the first row of Yankee Stadium's right-field short porch and landed in the history books: the first catcher in a century and a half of Major League Baseball to hit a leadoff home run

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lars Nootbaar homered and Sonny Gray pitched five solid innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in their rain-delayed opener Thursday.

MIAMI (AP) — Hyped as the most appealing starting pitchers’ matchup of opening day, Paul Skenes outlasted Sandy Alcántara but neither was involved in the decision of the Miami Marlins’ 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.

HOUSTON (AP) — Cam Smith brought three dozen Shipley's glazed donuts to his Houston Astros teammates Thursday morning before his major league debut.

MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Stowers hit a run-scoring single in the ninth inning and the Miami Marlins spoiled the first opening day start for Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes with a 5-4 victory over the Pirates on Thursday.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Terry Francona's first opening day as manager of the Cincinnati Reds started in a dentist's chair. About 12 hours later, Francona was experiencing baseball's equivalent of a root canal.

NEW YORK (AP) — Devin Williams saved his first game with the New York Yankees by a whisker. Acquired from Milwaukee in December, the bearded All-Star closer drew his first boos from Yankees fans just 18 pitches into his career in pinstripes.

HOUSTON (AP) — Framber Valdez pitched seven scoreless innings and Josh Hader struck out Juan Soto with two on to save the Houston Astros' 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Thursday.