The suspense is over.
Tyler Glasnow will become the Dodgers’ sixth Opening Day starter in the last six years when the team begins its regular season March 20 in Seoul, South Korea, against the San Diego Padres.
Manage Dave Roberts had already narrowed his choices for the Opening Day assignment down to two. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will pitch Game 2 in Seoul on March 21. Both teams made their starting pitchers for the two-game series official Monday.
Glasnow, 30, went 10-7 with a 3.53 ERA in 21 starts for the Tampa Bay Rays last year. He was acquired by the Dodgers in a December trade that sent Ryan Pepiot and outfielder Jonny DeLuca to Tampa Bay.
Glasnow signed a five-year contract extension worth $136.6 million on Dec. 16, paving the way for the right-hander to make many more Opening Day starts in the future.
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