The simple truth is it doesn't matter who the BlueJays' opening day starter is. SNJeffBlair has the story:
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There was a reason Roy Halladay started seven openers consecutively. A reason for R.A. Dickey to make one of them , ditto for Ricky Romero’s back-to-back gigs. Drew Hutchison?? Marco Estrada and J.A. Happ have been handed the ball for the last four openers as rewards for one thing or another or a sop to this or that, be it sentiment or matchup or scheduling in seasons that smelled like they would matter in the standings.
Last year’s Rays are this year’s best-case scenario for the Jays – and last year’s Rays traded their opening day starter, Chris Archer, at the trade deadline and, yeah, I’ll just leave that thought right there … Manager Charlie Montoyo said on Tuesday morning the team would name an opening day starter either after Sanchez’s start or Wednesday when Stroman takes the mound in Sarasota against the Baltimore Orioles. After watching Sanchez, Montoyo delayed the statement, which either means he knows it’s Sanchez and wants to tell Stroman in person, knows it’s Stroman and wants to wait to tell both of them in person … or that he is going to wait and see how Stroman pitches.
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