Happy Thursday, all!
We all know at this point that offseason acquisition Alex Wood has been tapped to start Opening Day on March 28th in Cleveland against the Guardians. It’ll be Wood’s first Opening Day assignment in his 11 year career as a major league starting pitcher, something that Mark Kotsay was fully aware of when making the decision to go with Wood for Game 1:
“It was awesome telling Alex,,” said Kotsay. “You could see the emotion that he was feeling. He’s been on rosters to be able to do it for the last 11 years, so it was great to reward him.