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Who is your opening day starter?


Balta1701

Who is your opening day starter?  

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  1. 1. Who is your opening day starter?

    • James Shields
      14
    • Miguel Gonzalez
      5


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This is a cruel reminder Balta. Not cool, man. :P

 

My vote is to bring Mark Buehrle out of retirement to pitch opening day.

 

OK, seriously. I could go either way with MiGo and Shields. My guess is Renteria goes with Shields opening day followed by MiGo, Giolito, Lopez, Fulmer.

 

Edit: went ahead and voted Shields. Man, that really hurts to say.

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QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 11:44 AM)
This is a cruel reminder Balta. Not cool, man. :P

 

My vote is to bring Mark Buehrle out of retirement to pitch opening day.

 

OK, seriously. I could go either way with MiGo and Shields. My guess is Renteria goes with Shields opening day followed by MiGo, Giolito, Lopez, Fulmer.

This is what polls were made for. I went with Gonzalez. I liked watching him pitch more than Shields, and I don't want any of the Rookies having to pitch in that setting without having seen it from the bench once.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 10:45 AM)
This is what polls were made for. I went with Gonzalez. I liked watching him pitch more than Shields, and I don't want any of the Rookies having to pitch in that setting without having seen it from the bench once.

Agree with ya keeping Giolito, Lopez and Fulmer as 3,4,5 in the rotation. I prefer MiGo myself but think Renteria goes with Shields.

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I don't see the point in not starting one of Giolito or Lopez. They're the clear 1 and 2 pitchers in our rotation as of now, and hiding them from Opening Day because they're young is pointless- they're gonna have to make high-pressure starts someday, so why not do it now when we're not trying to compete?

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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 11:56 AM)
I don't see the point in not starting one of Giolito or Lopez. They're the clear 1 and 2 pitchers in our rotation as of now, and hiding them from Opening Day because they're young is pointless- they're gonna have to make high-pressure starts someday, so why not do it now when we're not trying to compete?

 

My hope is Lopez. Most likely it will be a shields though

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QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 10:50 AM)
at KC- Shields, Giolito, Lopez

at Tor- Gonzalez, Fulmer, Shields

 

First home series-

vs Det- Giolito, Lopez, Gonzalez

I'm on board with this. Team isn't winning this year so I don't really care who starts opening day but let one of the kids start the home opener to give the crowd something fun to start the season.

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The opening day starter often slots to other teams top starters. For development, I don't want one of our youngsters dealing with a 6-14 type season. Let the highly paid veteran take the lumps and demonstrate professionalism. Put the youngsters in more favorable matchups.

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QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 08:23 PM)
Mark Buehrle was the Opening Day starter from 2002-2011 with the lone exception of 2006 when Jose Contreras started. That's 9 OD starts which is the Sox record. So I vote MB.

You rock

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