Yankees announce 2026 Opening Day lineup
We’re hours away from the start of the season, and we’ve got lineups.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 1: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees takes the field at Oracle Park on June 1, 2024 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images) | Getty Images After a long winter, the snow has at last thawed. Spring is here, and more importantly, so is baseball.
Tonight, the Yankees and the Giants will kick off the 2026 regular season with an opening night prime-time matchup at Oracle Park in San Francisco. Now, we’ve got lineups: Game 1. #RepBX | #OpeningNight pic.
twitter. com/9lGC9ts5IS — New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 25, 2026 Leading off is center fielder Trent Grisham, the Yankees entrusting last year’s breakout slugger with the job of setting the table for Aaron Judge, in his typical number-two slot. Cody Bellinger hits third and plays left, a spot he’ll be expected to hold down on most nights for the foreseeable future.
Ben Rice, who rakes, bats cleanup and starts at first, the 27-year-old one of the most exciting hitters in the lineup to watch this year as the Yankees hope he can fully break out after a couple seasons in which his batted-ball data outpaced his actual results. Giancarlo Stanton bats fifth, looking to pick up where left off in his sensational, abbreviated 2025 campaign. The lineup’s depth becomes apparent here, as Jazz Chisholm Jr.