Rotation

by Conine the Barbarian on Mar 16, 2008 12:43 AM EDT

So, how's the opening week going to break down, pitching-wise?

My thoughts:
Opening Day, vs Mets - Hendrickson
April 1 (day 2) - Nolasco
April 2 - Vandenhurk
April 4, vs Pirates - Olsen

Come April 13, I think the fifth starter will be Badenhop.

Thoughts?

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My guess

3/31-Hendrickson
4/1-VandenHurk or Miller
4/2-Volstad
4/3-Olsen
4/13-Hernandez

Nolasco ends up in the bullpen.

by mbaamin08 on Mar 16, 2008 1:38 AM EDT reply actions

Split the difference

between the above two possibilities:

Hendrickson
VandenHurk
Olsen
Miller
Nolasco

Badenhop turned long reliever to stretch him out for the inevitable rotation opening.

Miller quite obviously shouldn't be in the bigs to start, but I honestly think they'll roll with him early to keep Volstad's service time clock from starting. Somebody's going to have to go down when guys start coming back from injury -- better to keep Volstad cheap for another year down the road than to get two months of him on this year's team.

by dan 2.0 on Mar 16, 2008 10:31 AM EDT reply actions