Welcome to Thursday everyone! The weekend is right around the corner.
The news yesterday about certain injuries to certain pitchers helped everyone get a slightly clearer sense of what the back half of the pitching staff is going to look like come Opening Day. When spring training began, there were roughly 12-14 pitchers who were theoretically candidates for the Opening Day starting rotation. After about two weeks of games, that number has dwindled to about eight.
Realistically though, there are four slots already occupied: righties Paul Blackburn and Ross Stripling, and lefties JP Sears and Alex Wood.