We went with the league MVP yesterday so I figured I would go with the staff's Opening Day starter next. This one is definitely not the slam dunk that Andrew McCutchen was. Liriano had a great season last year but he has only reach 190 innings pitched once in his career and he has never had back to back great seasons.
That obviously could change as he appears healthy and in great shape but he is getting older and it's difficult to ignore that track record but I will leave it up to you to decide. Here is what Steamers thinks he will do (keep in mind this is a computer simulation so not factoring in a lot of real life variables):
IP - 192
ERA - 3.80
WHIP - 1.30
K's - 188
W - 12
L - 11
GS - 30 (games started)
So does he perform like last year, fall off the rails, get hurt, or maybe even improve if he is finally healthy in back to back seasons?