Cactus League record: 9-8. Change on 2016: -3.5.
Hard to complain about much here. The offense pounds out 17 hits and scores 12 times, while Patrick Corbin and five relievers completed the first shutout of 2017 for the Diamondbacks. They swept the spring series against the Rangers by a combined score of 20-4. So, yeah: this didn’t suck.
Corbin took another step forward to securing a rotation spot, throwing five innings of scoreless, one-hit ball. He walked none, struck out five, and reduced his spring ERA to 3.38, facing one batter over the minimum.