After nine mostly excellent seasons in Cleveland, Corey Kluber has entered journeyman land. The Red Sox are his fifth team in five years. I still like Kluber way more than Kyle Gibson, who draws the opening-day start for Baltimore versus Kluber.

Gibson had a 5.05 ERA with the Phillies last season and gave up 24 homers. That makes four years out of the past seven, Gibson's ERA has been above 5.00.

Kluber was 10-10 with a 4.34 ERA for Tampa Bay last year. He's 4-1 with a 3.53 ERA in seven lifetime starts at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox are coming off a down season while the Orioles showed great improvement in 2022. Boston is just two years removed, though, from taking the Astros to six games in the American League Championship Series. The Red Sox finished five games above .500 at home last season.

Boston won't be reaching the ALCS again this season, but the Red Sox shouldn't be as bad as they were last year. New outfielder Masataka Yoshida looked good in the WBC and the bullpen was upgraded with the addition of several reliable relievers, headed by closer Kenley Jansen.