Chris Young will skip his start against the Braves due to "shoulder tightness" -  the same shoulder CY had arthroscopic surgery on last season.  Kevin Correia will pitch in his place in the Padres home opener.  It has been said this is a "precautionary" move, with the flexibility of having the extra day off.  Shoulder tightness is never something to take lightly, especially with CY's previous health concerns.  For those of you that watched CY pitch in his first appearance, you may have noticed him favoring his shoulder. Hopefully (for Padres fans and CY),  this is a minor setback because the Padres need a healthy CY to have a  competitive season.

Nevertheless, the Padres possess depth starting pitching depth (Gallagher, Stuaffer, LaBlanc, etc.), but CY needs to be the anchor of the rotation, the "stopper" that matches up with the opposing aces. Again, as of now this is only precautionary.  With CY's track record of health issues its never fun to guess how this may affect his pitching or health status throughout the year.

Now what really bothers me (besides the obvious concern) is CY not having the opening day honor of pitching in front of the home crowd.

Now, go reck em' in Colorado boys!