Torey Lovullo has announced the order of how his starting rotation will go to begin the 2017 season. The order is Zack Greinke, Patrick Corbin, Taijuan Walker, Robbie Ray, and Shelby Miller. Lovullo’s reasoning for this particular order is so teams don’t see a similar style pitcher on back-to-back nights. So you won’t see the two lefties Ray and Corbin or the two hard-throwing righties Walker and Miller starting consecutive games.
Greinke, Corbin, Walker, and Ray will pitch in the Giants series, which Greinke opening the season on Sunday. Corbin will go on Tuesday, then Walker on Wednesday, and Ray finishing the series on Thursday.