Archer, 26, becomes the 11th Opening Day starter in the Rays' 18 seasons. He went 10-9 with a 3.33 ERA in 32 starts last season. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Right-hander Chris Archer will replace the injured Alex Cobb as the Tampa Bay Rays’ Opening Day starter.
Archer will start April 6 against the Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana Field.
Archer, 26, becomes the 11th Opening Day starter in the Rays’ 18 seasons. He went 10-9 with a 3.33 ERA in 32 starts last season.
Cobb will miss the start of the season with forearm tendinitis.
“You don’t want to take anything away from Cobb. It was his. He’d earned that,” manager Kevin Cash said. “But we’re extremely comfortable with having that guy now be Arch.”
Cash said he was not ready to announce the next two starters in the Rays’ rotation.
