In the sixth inning Tuesday night, Diamondbacks right-hander Archie Bradley followed a 97 mph fastball and a 91 mph cutter with a sharp-breaking curveball. The Giants’ Chris Marrero had little chance, and Bradley bounded off the mound and strutted around it.
There was little doubt about how Bradley felt about this stuff during an exhilarating 3 1/3-inning relief outing in which he struck out seven. In the eyes of rival scouts, it looked as good as it must have felt.
“He was electric,” a scout with an American League club said. “He was like Wade Davis out there.