Richmond to make season debut Friday vs. Indians

Starting 3-1 is a good thing. Only if you can push that to 4-1. Toronto might be in tough to do so tomorrow against Cleveland with Canadian Scott Richmond toeing the rubber. How long will the Jays hand the ball every 5 days to a 29 year old rookie if he struggles out of the gate?

Richmond went 1-3 with a 4.00 ERA last season in just 5 starts. He surrendered 3 runs in no more than 5.2 innings of work in his first four starts, and had his longest outing in his final start (6 frames) against Baltimore. Richmond did not look good in the spring, barely beating out prospect Brad Mills for the 5th and final spot in the rotation...

The Canuck is auditioning with Toronto for probably a month. If he doesn't show much after that I'd expect him to be replaced (barring injuries to other pitchers.) Unlike youngsters David Purcey and Jesse Litsch, he hasn't established himself with a truly phenomenal outing at the big league level. Richmond's ceiling is not very high which will likely prevent him from making a long term impact with the Jays organization...