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On Opening Day. He’s a bit of a silly, temperamental odd duck personality-wise, but he’s our odd duck. He might pitch just as well as Paxton would in this game or that game, particularly if his arm really is feeling refreshed.
On Paxton: anyone care to throw out projections for his next, say, 5 years? It’s weird to me that he hasn’t even ascended to Team Ace status yet, but is already 29. 5 years takes him through is age-33 season. I really hope they’re with us, it’s just weird that our ace of the future will do his ace-ness almost all in his 30’s. Then again, his arm mileage is nice and low, and I notice 33 year old Scherzer and 35 year old Verlander pitching ok.