Bumgarner gets the nod from Bochy as the #1 starter this year

[Band of Brothers]

Bochy announced today that Bumgarner will start the season as the #1 starter when the season starts against the D-Backs in Arizona. I thought Bochy would start Cain first and go right left right to start out but Bochy decided to give it to Bum which he deserves. This could be the year that Bumgarner breaks through and wins the Cy Young award.

 

[Band of Brothers]

Here is the starting rotation for 2014 as of today.

Bumgarner

Cain

Hudson

Lincecum

Vogelsong

 

[calsnowskier]

Not an elite rotation, but certainly strong enough to compete. It is possible for Escobar, Crick, Blackburn or Stratton to push for the 5 spot come play-off time, so it may be slightly stronger by that time.

Any time you have 2 legit aces, you have to count yourself as lucky and be considered a strong rotation.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

Not an elite rotation, but certainly strong enough to compete. It is possible for Escobar, Crick, Blackburn or Stratton to push for the 5 spot come play-off time, so it may be slightly stronger by that time.

Any time you have 2 legit aces, you have to count yourself as lucky and be considered a strong rotation.

If Lincecum returns to form, it becomes an elite rotation.

 

[calsnowskier]

If Lincecum returns to form, it becomes an elite rotation.

Oh, certainly. There are also strong arguments to believe that Vogey will have a decently strong bounce-back (maybe not to his Ace-level, but certainly to #3 level). So if EVERYTHING comes together in a best-case-scenario, we could have three Aces (Bum, Cain, Timmeh), one #2 (Huddy) and one #3 (Vogey), which would certainly place us in the top 5 for rotations. A more realistic bad-case-scenario would be one Ace (Bum), one #2 (Cain), and three #4s (Huddy, Timmeh, Vogey).

It could turn out much worse than that (Bum getting hurt, Cain turning out to be done, Timmeh not returning, Huddy not being able to plant and Vogey truly being done), or anywhere between the two scenarios I mentioned above.

 

[SFGRTB]

A reward for a great season. He's the youngest opening day starter for the Giants since 1984, and hopefully more to come from him. He's likely to face Kershaw in his second start.

 

[tzill]

A reward for a great season. He's the youngest opening day starter for the Giants since 1984, and hopefully more to come from him. He's likely to face Kershaw in his second start.

On my birthday. Got tickets in LA!