Opening day for the Chicago White Sox will mark the start of their attempt to rebuild the team after an MLB record-setting 121 losses last year.

On Chicago's South Side, the rebuilding White Sox will host the hopeful Angels in a meeting between teams that finished with two of the four worst records in baseball last season.

The forecast of 51 degrees and partly cloudy on Thursday afternoon for Opening Day between the White Sox and Angels would be considered downright balmy for Chicago at this time of year. Both teams hop

Rookie right-hander Sean Burke pitched six scoreless innings in his first Opening Day start and Austin Slater, Andrew Benintendi and Lenyn Sosa homered as the host Chicago White Sox routed the Los Angeles Angels 8-1 on Thursday.

Sean Burke became just the seventh pitcher in the last 100 years to start on Opening Day with fewer than 20 career innings pitched in the majors. Burke showed the poise of a veteran when Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels at Rate Field could have gotten away from the Chicago White Sox early.

For the Diamondbacks, Thursday’s Opening Day against the Cubs at Chase Field is a chance to put the disappointing end to 2024, when they missed the postseason due to a three-team tiebreaker, behind them and start fresh.

Sean Burke allowed three hits in six scoreless innings, and the Chicago White Sox opened the 2025 season with an 8-1 victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday at Rate Field.

It was opening day in the MLB on Thursday as teams from across the league kicked off their respective campaigns. The Chicago White Sox opened their season with a home matchup at Rate Field against the Los Angeles Angels.

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