Looking at Cashner turning around some hard luck against the dodgers in his three starts against them last year. He threw 22 innings against the dodgers from the starter role last year over three starts while yielding just 2 combined ER over those innings and still managed to harness two losses and a no decision for his efforts. He went at least 7 IP in 8 of his last 9 starts, and had an excellent spring. The Dodgers scored two big wins in Sydney and so it just won't be the same interest as the opener for the padres imo. Kershaw battling a back and that could be significant here because Ryu has been having a toe issue. Dodgers will be extra cautious I would imagine and if that toe acts up at all, they will take no chances. Either way I think we see more innings out of Cashner than Ryu. Hard to argue with what Ryu has done and SD hasn't seen a ton of him, though they hit him ok in the limited views. I think the padres lineup is going to produce a bit more this year but I would be lying if I said I didn't have concern about their productivity vs lefties last year. Greinke v Kennedy, Haren v Ross on horizon. Total is about right.... gonna back Cashner to continue his dominance over the Dodgers lineup and pray the padres can sneak 4 across somehow. Hope Ryu's toe acts up early.