Miles Mikolas was named the Opening Day starter officially, which threatens a little streak that I noticed. The Cardinals have had remarkable consistency with Opening Day starters. Since 2000, there have been six Opening Day starters, and every one of them started at least two Opening Days. That’s kind of amazing, right? All six starters took vastly different roads to earn the distinction. The Cardinals did not have a formula for how to develop a “Opening Day” starter, because not one of these guys became an Opening Day starter in the same way.
For the 2000 and 2001 season, and yes this is the sad part of the post, Darryl Kile was the Opening Day starter.