Kyle Hendricks

He won't get to face longtime Cubs batterymate Kyle Hendricks. After an exceptional spring (.405/.511/.649 in 45 PA), Contreras has opened the regular season 0-for-18 with eight strikeouts. Taking him out of the lineup makes room for Nolan Gorman, who is DHing while Alec Burleson plays first base.

Soriano will follow Opening Day starter Yusei Kikuchi with a favorable matchup against the floundering White Sox. The remainder of Los Angeles' starting rotation has been set, but the exact order has yet to be finalized between Tyler Anderson, Kyle Hendricks and Jack Kochanowicz.

Hendricks struck out five and walked none to close out the spring with a 2.41 ERA, a 16/3 K/BB and no homers allowed in 18 2/3 innings. That's really good, but it's still extremely difficult to be optimistic about him as a fantasy starter.

The 35-year-old right-hander walked two and struck out two on the afternoon. All of the scoring done against him came in the third inning as Tyler Wade smacked a run-scoring triple and scored on a ground ball single off the bat of Jose Iglesias. Hendricks has pitched surprisingly well this spring, registering a 2.63 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and an 11/3 K/BB ratio over 13 2/3 frames. He remains an unappealing fantasy option outside of the deepest mixed and AL-only formats.

Iglesias drove in Tyler Wade with a sharp RBI single off of right-hander Kyle Hendricks in the second inning that made it a 2-0 ballgame. He also singled off of Hendricks again in the fifth inning. He's heating up after getting a late start to the spring, hitting .267 (4-for-15) with a pair of RBI.