Here's your Opening Day starter.

Being named the starting pitcher on Opening Day is a big honor. Livan Hernandez will most likely get that honor when the Twins open the season at the Dome against the Angels on March 31.

Brad Radke started every opener for the Twins from 1999-2005 and proved you don't need to break 85 mph on the radar gun to pitch on Opening Day (good news for Livan.) And of course Johan Santana started the season in 2006 and 2007.

We get Livan this year instead of one of the kids in the rotation. We would much rather see Kevin Slowey, Scott Baker, or even Boof Bonser pitch on Opening Day, just to give us some feeling of hope for the future.

The good news is, Livan has been the opening day starter for four other teams during his ten year major league career. The bad news is, this isn't 1999.

We still don't know where the Twins are going to end up this year, but we are guessing they will be closer to last place than they will be to first place in the AL Central. Starting Livan on Opening Day isn't the worst news, but it would have been nice to see one of the kids get a shot instead of a washed-up veteran who just happens to be the only guy who has been there before.