While the White Sox and Indians are formally kicking off the season tonight, all sixteen NL teams are in action tomorrow. Some notes:

Once again, the schedule makers baffle me. My opinion is that all the games should be in warm-weather climates, or domes. But Arizona (where it will be 77 degrees Monday, and a retractable roof) is at Colorado, where it will be (in all fairness) 62 degrees, with a chance of rain. That’s an April heat wave, as snow has been seen in Colorado as late as June.

The Cubs are at Cincinnati, where it will be 60 and heavy rains are expected. St. Louis is at Philadelphia, where it will be 52 with wind and showers. And Washington is at New York, where it will be 49 with wind and showers.

Meanwhile, warm weather team Florida is at the domed stadium in Houston, while warm-ish Atlanta travels to Los Angeles, and San Francisco (where it is a bit chilly and wet tomorrow) is at San Diego.

Can’t Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Washington and New York all play at Arizona, Florida, Atlanta, LA, Houston, and even Colorado. At least Milwaukee (dome) is hosting a game.

On the field, a few RoadRunners should see action:

Doug Davis gets the opening day assignment for Milwaukee against Pittsburgh.

Brandon Webb gets the opening day assignment for Arizona at Colorado. Thank goodness for ground balls.

The only active RoadRunner that likely won’t see action is Victor Diaz, for the Mets, as Xavier Nady will get the start in RF.

Dave Roberts will move to CF for the Padres for most of April, due to Mike Cameron’s left oblique injury. This gives reserve Ben Johnson a chance, though Terrmel Sledge gets first dibs. However, with Softball also on the DL, Adrian Gonzalez should start at first at least through April 9th, the first day Klesko can come back.

Now is also the time to figure out who to watch and whom to skip. There’s always a team that I just end up with no players on. I tried to spread it around more this season, but as I glance at the rosters with the start of the season tomorrow I find that I won’t be terribly concerned with:

Pittsburgh – no hitters, only AAA pitching prospect Tom Gorzelanny
Chicago – only DL’d Kerry Wood
St. Louis – no hitters, Mark Mulder is going on Wednesday, probably
Colorado – no hitters, no pitchers
Atlanta – I only have 4th OF Matt Diaz

And yet I have 5 Padres, in addition to my 5 D’backs, and 4 Nationals, surprisingly.