TUCSON, Ariz. — Based on the pitching schedule posted today in the clubhouse, the Rockies’ rotation has been ordered with Jeff Francis following opening-day starter Ubaldo Jimenez.

The schedule is set for Jimenez, Francis and Aaron Cook to throw in Milwaukee in the opening series, leaving Jorge De La Rosa to start the home opener April 10 against San Diego Padres and Jason Hammel following him.

Multiple starters said today that they hadn’t been told of their regular-season schedule, but admitted that they are operating under the premise that Francis will be in the second spot. Francis, who has continued to make progress this spring following shoulder surgery, starts today against the Indians in Goodyear.

Dan Ritt is surrounded by a sea of solar panels March 15 in the lot next to his business. Ritt is the owner of RIT, a medical imagining technology company. The business has the largest array of solar panels of any company in Colorado Springs. Photo by JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE