AZ Snake Pit · Mar 10, 2024
Who’s got the Stuff to Win the 5th Rotation Spot?
Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORKEveryone knows spring training stats mean nothing. Aside from the small sample sizes and the severe mismatches in competition that can occur from game to game, spring training is also the time for players to make adjustments. Because of that, it can prove difficult to be able to determine if a players stat line was due to performance or using the extra repetitions as an opportunity to work on something they normally wouldn’t be focusing on in a regular season game. That being said, several of the Dbacks pitchers are in an interesting position this spring as there is a final rotation spot up for grabs as well as potentially some spots in the bullpen. While we still really shouldn’t be looking too much into results, what should we be looking at then?