JUPITER -- Picking Jose Urena to be the Marlins’ Opening Day starter wasn’t all that tough for Don Mattingly. He really only had one other choice: Dan Straily.
“A coin flip,” Mattingly said. “Either or.”
It’s filling in the rest of the rotation blanks that should prove difficult.
Mattingly on Saturday dispensed of what little intrigue there was involving his Opening Day starter when he announced that Urena would throw the season’s first pitch for the Marlins in their March 29 opener against the Cubs. He brought both pitchers into his office on Saturday to inform them of his decision.