Strasburg named Opening Day starter

[Rudi]

Stephen Strasburg will be the Washington Nationals' Opening Day starter April 5 against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, manager Davey Johnson announced Wednesday.

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[Fappin Raptor]

Was this not to be expected?

[Rudi]

Was this not to be expected?

Honestly I figured it wasn't huge news, but I don't follow the Nationals one bit so I wasn't sure?

[EmpireWF]

Here's to a healthy season!

:duda:

[Warner2BruceTD]

Was this not to be expected?

Well, with the 160 inning limit, there was some thought given to putting him in the back of
the rotation early on, and skipping a few starts here and there in April, with the idea that they could extend his season and have him through September. In other words, spread the 20-22 starts out.

But now Johnson is saying that they are just going to let him pitch on schedule, with no game to game inning caps, and when he hits the magic number, he's done. If he throws a bunch of CG's, so be it.