The point of no return may have passed for several relievers of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Now that the Diamondbacks hit the half-way mark in spring training, many who are the bubble to make the final 25-man roster could run out of opportunities.
That’s because starters are now stretched out to five and six innings, and pitch counts will rise to 70 per outing or more. That gives those in competition less to time in games and the opportunity impress and eventually win a job on the opening day roster diminishes.
That seems the course of events, and if pitchers cannot impress with initial outings of the spring, they are thrown back into the pool of mediocrity.