Who Will Start For Opening Day?

[2009mvp]

^^That would seem to make the most sense. Sucks for Morrow, but oh well.

[rockbottom2010]

^^That would seem to make the most sense. Sucks for Morrow, but oh well.

he deserves more credit

[HiddenGem29]

It should be

Dickey
Johnson
Morrow
Buerhle
Romero

But if ppl put stock into the whole lefty following lefty I guess morrow has to be 4. Any of the 5 could have the best yr. sick problem!! And to the sox comment, I'd want tough lefties to battle ellisbury and papi not big righties to battle Napoli no?

Morrow vs other teams 3s, rickyro vs other teams no 4......common team stay healthy.

[joshhorvath]

You know, with this roatation.. There is no real difference between #1 and #5.. We currently have 2 #1s (Johnson, Dickey) and 3 #2s (Morrow,Romero and Buerhle)

[Dol-Fan]

None of these guys really strike me as the types to care what # they are placed in the rotation. Dickey will be the anchor, after that you just want to split it up based on repertoire.

As others have mentioned:
Dickey
Morrow/Johnson
Buehrle
Johnson/Morrow
Romero

makes the most sense.

[jamjar]

i like

Dickey/Johnson
Johnson/Dickey
Morrow
Buerhle
Romero

chuck the knuckleballer between the flame throwers for plan b

[Halladay]

You have to have Dickey as your number one, he's the Ace and reigning CY young winner.

[Halladay]

You know, with this roatation.. There is no real difference between #1 and #5.. We currently have 2 #1s (Johnson, Dickey) and 3 #2s (Morrow,Romero and Buerhle)

Morrow will be a number one, if he isn't already. He put up similar stats last season to Sabathias 2011 season. He is that good.

[Kinglorious]

Because of the hype it will probably be Dickey. Even AA said that he'd likely be the #1 on PTS with McCown.

[Jamiecballer]

are you guys kidding? talk about a great way to start a relationship with your new ace...

[Kinglorious]

None of these guys really strike me as the types to care what # they are placed in the rotation. Dickey will be the anchor, after that you just want to split it up based on repertoire.

As others have mentioned:
Dickey
Morrow/Johnson
Buehrle
Johnson/Morrow
Romero

makes the most sense.

Yeah, it'd be wise of Gibby to do that. Both Morrow and Romero are good but at this point they're... I can't believe I'm saying this... but they're both the weakest out of the 5. What does that tell you? lol ****...

[R. Johnson#3]

Dickey...how can you not start the reigning Cy Young as your #1? That would be a first I think..

Did you ever think you'd see Vernon Wells hitting in the leadoff spot? Gibby is the guy to do messed up things.

[the_jon]

It all depends on how you want to set up the rotation..

ideally I would like to have one of Johnson or Morrow follow Dickey just to **** him hitters

My rotation would look like

Dickey
Morrow
Buehrle
Johnson
Romero

This. Imagine how much of a mind**** it would be for hitters to go from facing Dickey one day to Brandon Morrow the next? Morrow is primed for a huge year especially with a weaker AL East than we may have ever seen. I'm calling it right now, if he stays healthy, he'll compete for the Cy Young.

[Kinglorious]

You have to have Dickey as your number one, he's the Ace and reigning CY young winner.

Yeah, but it's an exceptional rotation though. Most teams don't have this kind of quality 1-5.

[Dol-Fan]

Yeah, it'd be wise of Gibby to do that. Both Morrow and Romero are good but at this point they're... I can't believe I'm saying this... but they're both the weakest out of the 5. What does that tell you? lol ****...

I think Romero and Buehrle are the weakest, but yeah, the point remains. You don't want to have lefties back to back when you have this type of rotation versatility, anyway.