The Braves named Nick Castellanos their starting pitcher for opening day

Nick Castellanos has eight hits on the season, all singles; his batting average is.160. Manager Rob Thomson says he's working very hard to get through it. Manager: "Working very hard, very hard;."working very hard"

Major League Baseball announces each team's opening day starting pitcher for opening day. At least half of the teams already had announced their opening day pitchers earlier in spring training. Major league Baseball announces opening day starts for each team. At the start of spring training, teams had already announced their starting pitchers earlier this year.

Atlanta Braves name Spencer Strider as Opening Day starter for Philadelphia Phillies. Nick Castellanos took deep twice in NLDS as NLDS runner-up. Philadelphia Phillies know who will be starting for the Atlanta Braves. Opening Day is next Thursday and the game starts at 7:30 p.m. ET.