{"id":9509,"date":"2024-03-20T23:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T06:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/?page_id=9509"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:24:53","slug":"mlb-opening-day-starting-lineups-former-and-current","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/mlb-opening-day-starting-lineups-former-and-current\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Opening Day Starting Lineups, Former and Current"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted an easy way to look back through both former and current MLB Opening Day starting lineups? So have we here at <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sport Relay<\/a>. That&#8217;s why we created this handy little tool to quickly switch back and forth between different MLB franchises and their starting lineups throughout the years. 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We&#8217;re currently adding to this database. You can view other resources like this on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sport Relay Resources Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted an easy way to look back through both former and current MLB Opening Day starting lineups? So have we here at Sport Relay. That&#8217;s why we created this handy little tool to quickly switch back and forth between different MLB franchises and their starting lineups throughout the years. 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