Rodrigo Lopez makes his first start of the season this week on either Wednesday or Thursday.

I'm not a huge fan of this move because I think R-Lo is in the right spot when he is pitching out of the pen. He can usually make it through a lineup once without any problem but then gets hit the second and, if he makes it, the third time through a lineup. I suspect we will never see the Lopez of 2002 though, as the Sun points out, there is precedent here.

"Lopez was 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in a similar role [to this season] when he was promoted to the starting rotation in 2002. He went on to win 15 games and finished second in the balloting for American League Rookie of the Year."

Repeat performance? Don't count on it.