Huge Day for Joc Pederson, Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers

Following two consecutive 25-plus homer seasons to start his career, Pederson is looking to take that next step and become more consistent. Remember, the 24-year-old outfielder entered Opening Day having posted a career .224 average. He sure got off to a grand start against the hapless Padres on Monday (literally). Pederson took a Jhoulys Chacin pitch deep for a grand slam in the third inning, providing Kershaw with all the support he would need. 

Kershaw ended up going seven strong yielding two runs (one earned) and two hits while striking out eight batters in yet another tremendous Openind Day start for the former Cy Young winner. 

Helping matters at the plate, Corey Seager added a three-run homer while Yasmani Grandal put up two homers of his own in the dominating 14-3 Dodgers win. 

Mark Trumbo, Orioles Walk Off Against the Jays

With the score tied at two in the bottom of the 11th, Trumbo came to the plate against veteran Jason Grilli at Camden Yards on Monday afternoon. He took the third pitch he saw deep over the left field wall for a walk-off homer. It concluded a day that saw Trumbo account for two of the three runs Baltimore scored in the 3-2 win. Fellow power-hitter Chris Davis added a single and an RBI to account for all the Orioles' scoring in the win. 

Reigning AL Cy Young Winner Rick Porcello Uneven, as Andrew Benintendi Picks up the Slack 

Porcello went 6.1 innings, yielding three earned runs and six hits while striking out in an eventual 5-3 Boston Red Sox win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. If it weren't for the three-run homer youngster Andrew Benintendi hit in the fifth innings, Porcello's day likely would have ended in either a loss or a no-decision.

In reality, it was an up-and-down overall performance from the defending AL East Champs. Boston put a total of 15 men on base, but wasn't really able to break through against Pirates starter Gerrit Cole until the fifth innings when Benintendi, Pablo Sandoval and Dustin Pedroia provided the five runs Boston would need to come through with the win. 

Khris Davis Powers A's to Win Over the Angels

After hitting 42 homers and driving in 102 runs in his first year with the A's, Davis was back up to his old tricks on Opening Day against the Los Angeles Angels.

With the game tied at two in the sixth, Davis took a Ricky Nolasco offering deep to give the A's a 3-2 lead. Then, two innings leader, he provided much-needed insurance with another solo blast, this time off reliever JC Ramirez. 

If this is a sign of things to come for Davis, fantasy owners should be licking their chops over the power potential he might be able to offer moving forward on the season. He also helped Kendall Graveman pick up the win after the pitcher struck out seven in six strong innings. 

Bryce Harper's Opening Day Brilliance Continues 

For the fifth time in his career, Harper went deep on Opening Day against the Miami Marlins Monday. It came with Miami up 2-0 in the sixth inning and the Nationals struggling to do anything of substance against Marlins starter Edinson Volquez.

It also opened the floodgates, as Adam Lind would knock in two with a homer the very next innings to put Washington up for good in what would eventually be a 4-2 win for the home team. 

Recently Extended Rougned Odor Goes Deep Twice in Rangers Loss

Most people expected a pitcher's due between Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians and Texans Rangers ace Yu Darvish Monday afternoon. In no way did we get what was expected. Kluber would ended up yielding five earned runs and three homers in six innings, two of those homers coming off the bad of Odor. All said, the second baseman drove in four runs in the loss. 

From an Indians perspective, the defending AL champs got to a surprisingly wild Yu Darvish for four runs in 6.1 innings. That was aided by a two-run homer from Jose Ramirez in the fourth. Though, it was a three-run onslaught by Cleveland off Texas reliever Sam Dyson that broke this game open from a 5-5 tie to an 8-5 Indians win. 

Needless to say, neither ace pitcher factored in too well from a fantasy perspective on Opening Day. Instead, it was the offenses that stole the show in Arlington.