So long Duke

As soon as I heard Justin Duchscherer was feeling "discomfort " in his right elbow I thought one thing: crap.

Here's Duke's take on the whole situation. It gets worse with each passing word:

"It doesn't bother me at all except when I'm throwing, and even then it doesn't bother me until I start throwing at about 80-percent intensity. But once I get up to 80 percent, it's pretty bad -- to the point that I can't even bend my elbow."

Can't bend your elbow? That doesn't sound good. No that doesn't sound good at all. So what does Bob Geren think:

"His Opening Day start is definitely in jeopardy."

I'd say I definitely agree. In fact, it sounds like we might not be seeing Duchscherer any time soon. Can't really be surprised. The dude's made four trips to the DL in the past three seasons. Hopefully he's just getting his obligatory injury stint out of the way early.

So when do you think Duchscherer makes his first start? I'm going with Tuesday May 7.