MN Twins Opening Day 2024: Good Luck Trying To Find It On TV

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins are finally back in action on Thursday, March 28, with an Opening Day game against the Kansas City Royals. But if you live in Minnesota, don't plan on watching it live on TV unless you subscribe to DirecTV.

Bally Sports North will carry the games this season, but the Twins won't be on their pricey streaming service unless you also subscribe to DirecTV, which is also pricey.

However, Milwaukee Brewers and other non-Twins baseball fans living in Minnesota are in luck. Out-of-market games will air on MLB.TV if you subscribe.

As for radio in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, the Twins can be heard on News Talk 830 WCCO, KMNB 102.9 FM The Wolf, and streamed on the Audacy app.

Twins Opening Day

The first pitch is scheduled for 3:10 p.m. on Thursday, with Pablo Lopez expected to take the mound for the Royals against Cole Ragans, according to MLB.com.

All 30 MLB teams will play on Opening Day for the second straight year, though the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres technically kicked off the regular season with a two-game series in Seoul, South Korea, last week. Each team walked away with one win.

Here’s what you need to know about the Twins’ first game.

World Series Odds

Projected season record, according to ESPN, is 89-73, with 76 percent playoff odds and 4.2 percent World Series odds.

The Dodgers and Atlanta Braves enter the 2024 season with the best chance to win the World Series, according to the odds-aggregating website Oddschecker.com.

Oddsmakers gave the Dodgers about a 22 percent chance to win it all this year, and the Braves a 15 percent chance.

The Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles rounded out the top five at roughly 11 percent, 10 percent and 8 percent odds, respectively, with the Phillies and Orioles tying for fifth.

2024 Storylines

Among the top storylines for this year: What will happen with new Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who found himself embroiled in a gambling scandal last week when his interpreter wired at least $4.5 million from the star’s bank account to a bookmaker that is under federal investigation.

Meanwhile, the A’s — in the midst of moving to Las Vegas —face an uncertain future about where they’ll play.

The Athletics’ community benefits deal with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority was unanimously approved last week. But they’ll still need three more agreements before the team can begin building a $1.5 billion planned stadium. The next planned stadium authority meeting is expected May 16.

The year will feature some big names vying for MVP, including Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Julio Rodriguez, Corey Seager and Yordan Alvarez in the American League. Oddsmakers give Soto and Judge the best odds at 14 percent and 12 percent, respectively, with the others coming in at 9 percent, 7.5 percent, and 7.5 percent.

In the National League, oddsmakers give Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mookie Betts the best chance to win the MVP award at 16 percent and 12 percent, respectively. Ohtani, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Freddie Freeman have the next highest odds at 9.5 percent, 9 percent and 7.5 percent.