SAN DIEGO -- It didn't take D-backs manager Chip Hale long to get used to having three catchers.
The D-backs broke camp with Tuffy Gosewisch as the starter behind the plate, Gerald Laird as the backup and Jordan Pacheco as the third catcher and utility man, as he can also play second, third, first and both corner-outfield spots.
Laird, though, was placed on the disabled list Sunday with back spasms and the team added a 13th pitcher, A.J. Schugel, to try and ease the strain on the bullpen.
"We don't want to abuse them early in the year," Hale said of his relievers.