Litsch roughed up for first Jays loss of season

Jesse Litsch did not have his best stuff Wednesday against the Tigers, surrendering 3 home runs (tying a career high) to Miguel Cabrera (two homers), and Brandon Inge (who hit his 3 round tripper in as many games.) Is there a way to paint Litsch in a good light after this contest? Kind of...

Though he denied it was the cause of the 5-1 defeat, Litsch hasn't faced many big league hitters in quite some In spring training, the club opted to give Jesse more innings in minor league affairs because there was such a battle amongst a slew of candidates for the 4th & 5th spots in the starting rotation. It'll probably take a few more starts to really get a gauge on how Litsch will fare this season. Though he's the 2nd longest tenured member of the starting staff, it is sometimes easy to forget that at age 24, Litsch is the youngest member of the rotation...

However, it certainly was not his best outing. He did serve up three huge home runs. And they were of the 'no doubt about it' variety. At this stage of the season, however, team's are looking at the positives in each outing. Litsch's next start better be a good one or else it'll be much harder to remain optimistic...