Gerrit Cole, Max Scherzer Matchup When New York Heads To The Capital Of The United States Where They Will Face Washington On Opening Day

Spring Training was shutdown on March, 12, 2020

Why? Because of the Corona Virus that is effecting us in the United States and around the world.

On Tuesday the MLB Players Association signed off on final details of a proposal, the league began to move forward on a 60-game regular season that will run from July 23 or 24 through Sept. 27. “according to an article by ESPN

Players and staff members will start traveling to training camp sites -- most of which will be held in home stadiums -- for a July 1 check-in.according to an article by ESPN

Teams will play their four divisional opponents 10 times each, and the other 20 games will be against interleague opponents in the same geographical area (for example, National League West teams vs. American League West teams).according to an article by ESPN

Who will New York play on Opening Day?

New York who is a member of the American League East will face Washington who is a member of the National League East and the defending World Series Champion in the capital of the United States.

Who will the starting pitchers be?

Gerrit Cole who is a right -hander who signed a $324 million dollar deal for nine years this off-season with the team that wears the pinstripes as well as the team he grew up rooting for after spending two years in Houston where he finished with a record of 15-5 with a 2.88 earn run average in 2018. In his final season in Houston the right -hander finished with a record of 20-5 with a 2.50 earn run average. “according to https://www.mlb.com/player/gerrit-cole-543037?stats=career-r-pitching-mlb&year=2019 He will oppose Washington right-hander Max Scherzer who in 2019 finished with a record of 11-7 with an earn run average of 2.92. “according to https://www.mlb.com/player/max-scherzer-453286