Coming back from elbow surgery, the pitcher was excited about starting opening day but now needs to let a nerve issue in his arm settle down.

The Rays have five starting pitchers they can rely on with Shane McClanahan sidelined for an undetermined amount of time. Ryan Pepiot gets the Opening Day assignment.

Calm the nerve down and then see how he progresses, get a ball back in his hand. Probably the best news we could have heard." Cash called the news "very fortunate" despite not having a timeline yet. Ryan Pepiot will instead start on Opening Day with McClanahan on the shelf,