LAS VEGAS -- Spring training is still a couple of months away, but Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo has an idea of who might go into camp with an early lead on the closer’s job.
“I think if you were going to come up here and arm wrestle me and force me to give you a decision,” Lovullo said, “I'll probably start with Archie Bradley as the extreme back-end of the equation.”
For the past two years, Bradley has served primarily in a sort of fireman role. Mostly, he pitched the eighth inning, but Lovullo also has deployed him earlier in games to escape tight situations.