Opening Day Starters

[Frayed Knot]

Opening Day starter list coming together.
Others, Dodgers & Giants for instance, seem obvious but are either not yet official or I just haven't seen them called anywhere.

TEAM	STARTER	vs.	TEAM	STARTER
YANX	Masahiro Tanaka		RAYS
GIANTS			D’BACKS	Zack Greinke
CUBS	Jon Lester		CARDINALS	Carlos Martinez
MARLINS			NATIONALS	Steven Strasburg
BRAVES	Julio Teheran		METS	Noah Syndergaard
PIRATES	Gerrit Cole		RED SOX	Rick Porcello
ROCKIES			BREWERS	Junior Guerra
BLUE JAYS	Marco Estrada		ORIOLES
TIGERS	Michael Fulmer		WHITE SOX	Jose Guerra
ROYALS	Danny Duffy		TWINS
PHILLIES	Jeremy Hellickson		REDS	Scott Feldman
PADRES			DODGERS
INDIANS			RANGERS	Yu Darvish
MARINERS			ASTROS	Dallas Keuchel
ANGELS			A’s	Kendall Graveman

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

White Sox and Brewers starting the first father-son OD combo, ever huh?

[Frayed Knot]

Now how in the heck did THAT happen? ... I distinctly remember typing QUINTANA

TEAM	STARTER	vs.	TEAM	STARTER
YANX	Masahiro Tanaka		RAYS
GIANTS			D’BACKS	Zack Greinke
CUBS	Jon Lester		CARDINALS	Carlos Martinez
MARLINS			NATIONALS	Steven Strasburg
BRAVES	Julio Teheran		METS	Noah Syndergaard
PIRATES	Gerrit Cole		RED SOX	Rick Porcello
ROCKIES			BREWERS	Junior Guerra
BLUE JAYS	Marco Estrada		ORIOLES
TIGERS	Michael Fulmer		WHITE SOX	Jose Quintana
ROYALS	Danny Duffy		TWINS
PHILLIES	Jeremy Hellickson		REDS	Scott Feldman
PADRES			DODGERS
INDIANS			RANGERS	Yu Darvish
MARINERS			ASTROS	Dallas Keuchel
ANGELS			A’s	Kendall Graveman

[HahnSolo]

I'm 80% certain you made up the name Kendall Graveman.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm 80% certain you made up the name Kendall Graveman.

I had never heard of the dude before seeing him announced as the Oakland OD starter about two days ago.
Seeing it though kind of makes one feel good thinking about -- Matt Harvey: Third Starter

[Frayed Knot]

TEAM	STARTER	vs.	TEAM	STARTER
YANX	Masahiro Tanaka		RAYS
GIANTS			D’BACKS	Zack Greinke
CUBS	Jon Lester		CARDINALS	Carlos Martinez
MARLINS	Edinson Volquez		NATIONALS	Steven Strasburg
BRAVES	Julio Teheran		METS	Noah Syndergaard
PIRATES	Gerrit Cole		RED SOX	Rick Porcello
ROCKIES			BREWERS	Junior Guerra
BLUE JAYS	Marco Estrada		ORIOLES
TIGERS	Michael Fulmer		WHITE SOX	Jose Quintana
ROYALS	Danny Duffy		TWINS
PHILLIES	Jeremy Hellickson		REDS	Scott Feldman
PADRES			DODGERS
INDIANS	Corey Kluber		RANGERS	Yu Darvish
MARINERS			ASTROS	Dallas Keuchel
ANGELS			A’s	Kendall Graveman

[Guest sharpie]

Justin Verlander is actually starting opening day for the Tigers. Fulmer is starting the home opener on April 7.

[Frayed Knot]

TEAM	STARTER	vs.	TEAM	STARTER
YANX	Masahiro Tanaka		RAYS	Chris Archer
GIANTS			D’BACKS	Zack Greinke
CUBS	Jon Lester		CARDINALS	Carlos Martinez
MARLINS	Edinson Volquez		NATIONALS	Steven Strasburg
BRAVES	Julio Teheran		METS	Noah Syndergaard
PIRATES	Gerrit Cole		RED SOX	Rick Porcello
ROCKIES			BREWERS	Junior Guerra
BLUE JAYS	Marco Estrada		ORIOLES
TIGERS	=#0040FF]Justin Verlander		WHITE SOX	Jose Quintana
ROYALS	Danny Duffy		TWINS
PHILLIES	Jeremy Hellickson		REDS	Scott Feldman
PADRES			DODGERS
INDIANS	Corey Kluber		RANGERS	Yu Darvish
MARINERS			ASTROS	Dallas Keuchel
ANGELS			A’s	Kendall Graveman

[Fman99]

Jon Lester and not Arrieta? Surprising.

[Centerfield]

What's the holdup on guys like Bumgarner or Felix Hernandez? Those are no brainers no? I wonder if they are battling some injury.

[Frayed Knot]

Mostly it's just that I haven't seen any confirmation of those guys anywhere and I didn't want to list someone's idea of projected starters as if those were a done deal.
There have been lists like that floating around since mid-February but reality tends to get in the way of such stuff.

Bumgarner started yesterday in what was described as his last spring tune-up so it's definitely not an injury in his case, but the article also didn't say specifically when his next one would be
although it would certainly be shocking if it wasn't OD.

TEAM	STARTER	vs.	TEAM	STARTER
YANX	Masahiro Tanaka		RAYS	Chris Archer
GIANTS			D’BACKS	Zack Greinke
CUBS	Jon Lester		CARDINALS	Carlos Martinez
MARLINS	Edinson Volquez		NATIONALS	Steven Strasburg
BRAVES	Julio Teheran		METS	Noah Syndergaard
PIRATES	Gerrit Cole		RED SOX	Rick Porcello
ROCKIES			BREWERS	Junior Guerra
BLUE JAYS	Marco Estrada		ORIOLES	Kevin Gaussman
TIGERS	Justin Verlander		WHITE SOX	Jose Quintana
ROYALS	Danny Duffy		TWINS
PHILLIES	Jeremy Hellickson		REDS	Scott Feldman
PADRES			DODGERS
INDIANS	Corey Kluber		RANGERS	Yu Darvish
MARINERS			ASTROS	Dallas Keuchel
ANGELS			A’s	Kendall Graveman

[Frayed Knot]

A few stragglers still listed as TBD

TEAM	STARTER	vs.	TEAM	STARTER
YANX	Masahiro Tanaka		RAYS	Chris Archer
GIANTS	Madison Bumgarner		D’BACKS	Zack Greinke
CUBS	Jon Lester		CARDINALS	Carlos Martinez
MARLINS	Edinson Volquez		NATIONALS	Steven Strasburg
BRAVES	Julio Teheran		METS	Noah Syndergaard
PIRATES	Gerrit Cole		RED SOX	Rick Porcello
ROCKIES	=#0040FF]????		BREWERS	Junior Guerra
BLUE JAYS	Marco Estrada		ORIOLES	Kevin Gaussman
TIGERS	Justin Verlander		WHITE SOX	Jose Quintana
ROYALS	Danny Duffy		TWINS	Ervin Santana
PHILLIES	Jeremy Hellickson		REDS	Scott Feldman
PADRES	Jhoulys Chacin		DODGERS	Clayton Kershaw
INDIANS	Corey Kluber		RANGERS	Yu Darvish
MARINERS	Felix Hernandez		ASTROS	Dallas Keuchel
ANGELS	=#0000FF]????		A’s	Kendall Graveman

[Frayed Knot]

I know you've all been on the edge of your seats wondering who the Angels and Rockies were going to throw out there on Opening Day.
Well wonder no more.
And now that you know the identity of their top starters you can probably also cease wondering if those are the two teams likely to meet up in the World Series.

TEAM	STARTER	vs.	TEAM	STARTER
YANX	Masahiro Tanaka		RAYS	Chris Archer
GIANTS	Madison Bumgarner		D’BACKS	Zack Greinke
CUBS	Jon Lester		CARDINALS	Carlos Martinez
MARLINS	Edinson Volquez		NATIONALS	Steven Strasburg
BRAVES	Julio Teheran		METS	Noah Syndergaard
PIRATES	Gerrit Cole		RED SOX	Rick Porcello
ROCKIES	Jon Gray		BREWERS	Junior Guerra
BLUE JAYS	Marco Estrada		ORIOLES	Kevin Gaussman
TIGERS	Justin Verlander		WHITE SOX	Jose Quintana
ROYALS	Danny Duffy		TWINS	Ervin Santana
PHILLIES	Jeremy Hellickson		REDS	Scott Feldman
PADRES	Jhoulys Chacin		DODGERS	Clayton Kershaw
INDIANS	Corey Kluber		RANGERS	Yu Darvish
MARINERS	Felix Hernandez		ASTROS	Dallas Keuchel
ANGELS	=#0000FF]Ricky Nolasco		A’s	Kendall Graveman

[Edgy MD]

Surprised to see Graveman over Sonny Gray in Oakland. Checking the record, it seems Gray strained a lat three weeks ago.

I wonder if anybody has studied whether the time lost to be cautious with all your pitchers is greater than the time gained in the alleged reduced incidence of catastrophic injury to the few.

[Frayed Knot]

Other Opening Day pitchers this weekend whose names you might recognize include: Dustin Nippert, Carlos Villanueva, Andy Van Hakken, Henry Sosa, Jeff Manship, Brooks Raley, Merrill Kelly, Donn Roach, Zack Patrick, Hector Noesi
Those are the starters for the Doosan Bears, Hanwah Eagles, Nexon Heroes, LG Twins, NC Dinos, Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns, KT Wiz, Sansung Lions, and Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization.

Despite a limit of 3 foreigners per team, every one of the ten teams in the KBO had one of those foreigners as their opening day starters on Friday. All of the above except for Petrick and Kelly have some ML experience on
their resume including Jeff Manship who pitched two scoreless innings for the Indians in last year's WS.

[Edgy MD]

I've long thought MLB should give an award for jeffmanship. Jeff McKnight, for instance, was for years a model of jeffmanlike behavior.