The slow roll-out of the Diamondbacks’ anticipated rotation took another step forward this afternoon in Goodyear, with Madison Bumgarner making his first Cactus League appearance. I wouldn’t say he was exactly firing on all cylinders out of the gate. It was moe like deuces wild, MadBum, being charged with two runs on two hits and two walks, with two hit batters. He did go three innings though, so that’s nice. He was noncommittal as ever afterward: “First one of the year, even for me, it still moves faster than others. Kind of reevaluate after this one, and the next one will hopefully be a little better, and we can work on what shows up.
Diamondbacks 6, Guardians 3: MadBum is... present.
