The Diamondbacks starting rotation had three locks in Zack Greinke, Taijuan Walker, and Robbie Ray. They had Braden Shipley, Archie Bradley, Patrick Corbin, and Shelby Milller compete for the final two spots. Late in March, it’s pretty clear that Miller and Corbin will take the final two rotation spots over Bradley and Shipley. With no path to the rotation, the Diamondbacks have two options to deal with Bradley for 2017. They can use him as a long man in the bullpen or they can send him to Reno to work on his secondary pitches such as the cutter the last regime told him to scrap and stay stretched out in case of an injury or Miller repeats 2016.
Archie Bradley could start the 2017 season in the bullpen
