The competition for roles in the Diamondback bullpen is wide open. Although spring training games will provide useful information, they have not yet started. Insider information would help, but I don’t have any. Experience working with pitchers would help, but I don’t have any. Deep baseball knowledge (think of Jack Sommers) would help, but I lack that depth.
Therefore, predicting who will have a bullpen role on opening day is challenging. I’ll be bold and take on that challenge.
Two assumptions.
First assumption: The starting 5 pitchers on opening day will not be considered for the bullpen.