Found January 26, 2012 on The "Mc" Effect: Yardbarker Blogger Network
It's incredibly early to write this post, but I kind of just wanted to beat everyone else to the punch.The Pittsburgh Pirates open up their 2012 season on April 5th at home against the Philadelphia Phillies. That means Roy Halladay. So who will the Pirates roll out against him? There are six options, sort of. In ALPHABETICAL order (for the sake of SUSPENSE), the options are: Erik Bedard, Kevin Correia, Jeff Karstens, Brad Lincoln, James McDonald, and Charlie Morton.Right off the bat, we can scratch off Morton and Lincoln. Morton isn't going to be healthy enough to pitch in early April, and Lincoln isn't nearly good enough to even be considered (he probably won't even be in the rotation to start the season). That leaves us with four pitchers that you could make an argument for.Alphabetic option one is Bedard. The new guy that has proven himself to be a solid big league pitcher in the past. When he's healthy, he's a very good starter, almost surely bette...
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