Preview: Opening Day

Miller Park is gearing up for its 16th season of Major Leauge Baseball. Bernie is set to slide and the sausages will take a lap in the 7th. With rain on the away, the roof will stay closed for a mid-day matinee.

The Brewers will host the Colorado Rockies in game 1 of the 2017 season at Miller Park. The young roster will obtain 9 players making their first opening day roster in the bigs.

Two right-handers who took disparate roads to the majors will share a distinction Monday as opening-day starters when the Rockies visit the Brewers at Miller Park. Junior Guerra makes his first opening day start of his career.

Brewers catcher Manny Pina is familiar with Guerra because they’re both from Venezuela, though Pina didn’t start catching Guerra until they were both in the Brewers organization last season.

“Guerra gained command of his fastball and gained confidence from pitching both in the Independent League and leagues outside the country”, Pina said. “But watch out for Guerra’s splitter.”

Guerra emerged last season to become Milwaukee’s most reliable starter, going 9-3 with a 2.81 ERA in 20 starts after being called up on May 1. With the Brewers lacking a true ace, Guerra earned the opening day start from manager Craig Counsell.