How to watch Yankees' Opening Day game against Brewers

Last season, the New York Yankees faced one of the game's most unorthodox Opening Day fates, banished to Houston to play their rival Astros four consecutive times. Though the schedule indicated an early-season hole, they instead pulled off a miracle, riding Juan Soto's right arm and clutch bat to a four-game sweep in the opposite direction. Everybody stepped up. Oswaldo Cabrera went nuclear. It was a wonderful time.

Though it left the Yankees with Marcus Stroman on the mound for their eventual home opener, a difficult loss to the Blue Jays, nobody much minded. The tone had been effectively set for a special season, one that led to a World Series appearance, the organization's first since 2009.

This year, the Yankees will open at home on March 27 at 3:00 p.m. ET, though that's just about the only thing standard about the game.

How to watch Yankees vs. Brewers battle on MLB Opening Day 2025

• First Pitch: 3:05 EST
• Television Broadcast: ESPN. The game is exclusive, and will not be broadcast on YES.
• Streaming Options: ESPN+, available with a Disney+ subscription
• Announcers: Joe Buck (play-by-play), Joe Girardi (Yankees) and Bill Schroeder (Brewers) on color

Though this game has been claimed and coopted for the national broadcast, ESPN has assured that Joe Buck's return to baseball is paired with as much local flavor as they're able to provide, bringing a perspective from each region to the three-man booth.

During the regular season, subscribers to the Gotham Sports App will be able to stream all games that air on YES Network to their devices. Not the opener, though; YES will have the pre- and postgame, but the broadcast will be exclusive to the national carrier.

MLB Network has also chosen to make Yankees vs. Brewers a national extravaganza, sending Lauren Shehadi, Robert Flores, and Mark DeRosa live to Yankee Stadium for an on-field version of MLB Central, the first time in the show's 10-year history that they've attempted such a thing.

On the mound for this one, in the wake of Gerrit Cole's season-ending injury, will be Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodón, coming off an excellent 4 2/3 innings against the Tigers in his final spring tuneup. He'll be facing Freddy Peralta of the Brewers, who allowed 10 earned runs in 3 1/3 frames to wrap his camp in bizarre fashion.

Peralta's an All-Star, though, so you can expect him to dazzle when ESPN's lights are bright. And, for Game 2? Max Fried and Nestor Cortes Jr. in the Boogie Down.

Narratives, start your engines.