Patino has won a spot in Tampa Bay's starting rotation and will make his first regular season start April 11 against Oakland, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Patino had a sore shoulder early in spring training, but is apparently back to full strength as the regular season begins. However, he may see a limited workload early in the season and could form a tandem with Josh Fleming. Patino has thrown just two innings in major-league spring training, giving up one hit, no walk and no strikeouts.