Last week I wrote a piece arguing that one Nathan Eovaldi or David Price should be given the Opening Day start, a designation typically reserved for the best pitcher on the staff. Everyone would agree neither of them are better than Chris Sale — there may not be more than one or two pitchers in the entire sport better than Chris Sale — but the argument from me was that it is more of a ceremonial designation. Eovaldi and Price were two of the faces of last year’s World Series run, and an Opening Day nod would have been a nice gesture to acknowledge that.
Chris Sale named Opening Day starter
