Opening Day Starters

[Frayed Knot]

With just Six days remaining until Opening Day (seven days until OURS but there will be six games on Thursday) I'm checking out which pitchers have been anointed with the honor of king for a day by their respective teams.
The names listed have either been announced by their managers or are widely assumed to be accurate. The Yanx, for instance, are going to start C.C. but, given their penchant for treating everything as if a state secret, Cashman/Girardi will usually say "no comment" to the question of whether either has actually ever met Sabathia in case they have to back-track for some reason.
Some of the question marks may have been announced but I can't find any record of it.
The Thursday games are the first six listed and all games are listed in rough order of their starting times.

TEAM	PITCHER	vs	TEAM	PITCHER
BRAVES	D. Lowe	vs	NATIONALS	L. Hernandez
TIGERS	J. Verlander	vs	YANKEES	C.C. Sabathia
BREWERS	Y. Gallardo	vs	REDS	???
ANGELS	???	vs	ROYALS	???
PADRES	???	vs	CARDINALS	C. Carpenter
GIANTS	T. Lincecum	vs	DODGERS	???
ASTROS	B. Myers	vs	PHILLIES	R, Halladay
PIRATES	K. Correira	vs	CUBS	R. Dempster
WHITE SOX	M. Buehrle	vs	INDIANS	F. Carmona
RED SOX	J. Lester	vs	RANGERS	C.J. Wilson
D�BACKS	I. Kennedy	vs	ROCKIES	U. Jiminez
TWINS	C. Pavano	vs	BLUE JAYS	???
ORIOLES	J. Guthrie	vs	RAYS	???
METS	M. Pelfrey	vs	MARLINS	J. Johnson
MARINERS	F. Hernandez	vs	A�s	T. Cahill

[Fman99]

Helpful for fantasy purposes, thanks for assembling. I wonder if Volquez gets the nod in Cincy, especially with Harang having been dealt and Cueto having health issues.

[Guest sharpie]

Clay Kershaw has been named as the Dodger Opening Day starter.

[Frayed Knot]

Keep those cards and letters coming in folks

[table:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]TEAM[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]PITCHER[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]TEAM[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]PITCHER[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]BRAVES[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]D. Lowe[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]NATIONALS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]L. Hernandez[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]TIGERS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]J. Verlander[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]YANKEES[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]C.C. Sabathia[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]BREWERS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]Y. Gallardo[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]REDS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]???[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]ANGELS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]???[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]ROYALS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]???[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]PADRES[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]???[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]CARDINALS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]C. Carpenter[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]GIANTS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]T. Lincecum[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]DODGERS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]C. Kershaw[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]ASTROS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]B. Myers[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]PHILLIES[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]R, Halladay[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]PIRATES[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]K. Correira[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]CUBS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]R. Dempster[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]WHITE SOX[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]M. Buehrle[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]INDIANS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]F. Carmona[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]RED SOX[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]J. Lester[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]RANGERS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]C.J. Wilson[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]D�BACKS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]I. Kennedy[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]ROCKIES[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]U. Jiminez[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]TWINS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]C. Pavano[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]BLUE JAYS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]???[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]ORIOLES[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]J. Guthrie[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]RAYS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]???[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]METS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]M. Pelfrey[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]MARLINS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]J. Johnson[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][tr:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]MARINERS[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]F. Hernandez[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]vs[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]A�s[/td:2qy4uo63][td:2qy4uo63]T. Cahill[/td:2qy4uo63][/tr:2qy4uo63][/table:2qy4uo63]



And speaking of opening week ... Saturday April 2nd is Game 2 for almost everyone since most teams who play on Thrusday will get Friday off making Saturday the first full sked day of the year.
So what are nearly half the home teams doing on the first Saturday in April? Why scheduling at night of course!
It's not so bad when you're in Miami like the Mets (although I'd still prefer day) or in Tampa, or Arlington Texas. But why the fuck are the Phillies messing around with a Sat night game? Same goes for the games in Cincinnati, in Denver, and in Oakland. 60 and sunny? Nah, we'd rather stick our players and fans in 42 degree weather in the dark thank you.
Morons!

[Ceetar]

Fman99 wrote: Helpful for fantasy purposes, thanks for assembling. I wonder if Volquez gets the nod in Cincy, especially with Harang having been dealt and Cueto having health issues.

I thought I saw someone that he had. could be wrong.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/reds/2011-03-24-edinson-volquez_N.htm

[Guest sharpie]

David Price opening for the no-longer-Debbil Rays

[Guest Edgy DC]

Luke Hochevar for the Royals.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ricky Romero expected for Blue Jays

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Volquez for the Reds

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: So what are nearly half the home teams doing on the first Saturday in April? Why scheduling at night of course! It's not so bad when you're in Miami like the Mets (although I'd still prefer day) or in Tampa, or Arlington Texas. But why the fuck are the Phillies messing around with a Sat night game? Same goes for the games in Cincinnati, in Denver, and in Oakland. 60 and sunny? Nah, we'd rather stick our players and fans in 42 degree weather in the dark thank you. Morons!

The reasoning for this has been discussed here before. The Saturday games are scheduled at night to "protect" the Friday home opener.

In the event of a Friday rainout, the game moves to Saturday afternoon and is still the home opener.

[Gwreck]

Jered Weaver for the Angels. Padres is up in the air as Mat Latos was scratched from his most recent ST start and might miss opening day.

[Fman99]

Gwreck wrote: Jered Weaver for the Angels. Padres is up in the air as Mat Latos was scratched from his most recent ST start and might miss opening day.

Tim Stauffer gets the call for San Diego.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: So what are nearly half the home teams doing on the first Saturday in April? Why scheduling at night of course! It's not so bad when you're in Miami like the Mets (although I'd still prefer day) or in Tampa, or Arlington Texas. But why the fuck are the Phillies messing around with a Sat night game? Same goes for the games in Cincinnati, in Denver, and in Oakland. 60 and sunny? Nah, we'd rather stick our players and fans in 42 degree weather in the dark thank you. Morons! The reasoning for this has been discussed here before. The Saturday games are scheduled at night to "protect" the Friday home opener. In the event of a Friday rainout, the game moves to Saturday afternoon and is still the home opener.

So they'd make it up as a day-night DH right away even with six months ahead of them?

[Frayed Knot]

[table:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]TEAM[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]PITCHER[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]TEAM[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]PITCHER[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]BRAVES[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]D. Lowe[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]NATIONALS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]L. Hernandez[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]TIGERS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]J. Verlander[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]YANKEES[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]C.C. Sabathia[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]BREWERS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]Y. Gallardo[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]REDS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]E. Volquez[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]ANGELS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]J. Weaver[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]ROYALS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]L. Hochevar[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]PADRES[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]T. Stauffer[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]CARDINALS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]C. Carpenter[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]GIANTS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]T. Lincecum[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]DODGERS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]C. Kershaw[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]ASTROS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]B. Myers[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]PHILLIES[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]R. Halladay[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]PIRATES[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]K. Correira[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]CUBS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]R. Dempster[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]WHITE SOX[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]M. Buehrle[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]INDIANS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]F. Carmona[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]RED SOX[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]J. Lester[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]RANGERS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]C.J. Wilson[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]D�BACKS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]I. Kennedy[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]ROCKIES[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]U. Jiminez[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]TWINS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]C. Pavano[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]BLUE JAYS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]R. Romero[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]ORIOLES[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]J. Guthrie[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]RAYS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]D. Price[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]METS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]M. Pelfrey[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]MARLINS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]J. Johnson[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][tr:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]MARINERS[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]F. Hernandez[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]vs[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]A�s[/td:uyrtacqg][td:uyrtacqg]T. Cahill[/td:uyrtacqg][/tr:uyrtacqg][/table:uyrtacqg]

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: So they'd make it up as a day-night DH right away even with six months ahead of them?

Yes, they would. There is a big financial consideration. Many teams, including the Mets, charge extra for tickets for the home opener and/or sell the game out. If those tickets are now for a new game that is no longer the home opener, that's a big problem.