Macha not likely to name Gallardo Opening Day Starter

I dunno if I like this.

So, I'm not going to start pissing on Macha right away, and so far he's seemed like a pretty solid guy, but here's, really, the first sort of real decision we've heard from him...and I think it's a bad one. I mean, Gallardo is far and away our best pitcher; he's projected to have an ERA around 3.50 next year, and no one else on the staff is projected to go under 4.00. He may be the least experienced, but talent, ultimately, trumps experience, and we should give our best starter the most starts, simple as that. Now, I will grant, that I am not well-versed in the impact of experience on this sort of thing, and the impact of pressure situations on a young pitcher's development, but can the impact really be enough to offset that wide of a talent gap?

Furthermore, is this sort of thing really necessary with Gallardo? Everything we hear about him is that in addition to being a great pitcher, he's Mr. Poise and thrives under pressure. Is he really not up to the task of Opening Day? I'm not sure I buy that.

And I also don't totally buy that being the Number One starter is that much more pressure. I mean, the argument used here is that you'd always be going up against every other team's number one, but that's just not the case; off days and a injuries scramble up pitching rotations pretty damn fast, and the ace matchups don't always happen all that often.

So, in other words, I'm waiting to judge on Macha, but this move displeases me; I feel it's a rather significant cost with no obvious gain.