For all of this decade, there have been few bigger locks in baseball than Tyler O'Neill hitting an Opening Day home run. Year in and year out, the slugger showed up for the first game of the season and wasted little time going deep.

Tyler O’Neill’s Opening Day home run streak has come to an end. The Baltimore Orioles’ outfielder failed to homer on Opening Day for the first time since 2019 in Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Here's a breakdown of O'Neill's Opening Day success.

Last, but certainly not least, White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami hit a home run in his first MLB game, and it was a bomb into the second deck. Murakami is a 26-year-old Japanese veteran, not a top prospect like Benge or McGonigle or Crawford or Wetherholt, but still, your first game in the big leagues is always special. So is your first homer:

Dillon Dingler drills a two-run homer to left field, scoring Kevin McGonigle and giving the Tigers an 8-0 lead in the 5th inning

The Chicago White Sox come into 2026 with higher expectations, and Chase Meidroth looks ready to meet those marks.

Mets Opening Day included a fitting baseball circle-of-life moment. Rookie outfielder Carson Benge, making his Mets regular season debut, brought Citi Field to its feet when he blasted a solo home run in the sixth inning,

Houston Astros star Yordan Alvarez watches his home run ruled foul after roof contact vs. the Angels on Opening Day at Daikin Park Thursday.

The home run race begins on Opening Day. Who will go deep the most this season? See the odds.

During his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals, rookie JJ Wetherholt smashed a solo home run for his first MLB hit.