The development of the 24-year-old lefty and improvements on the mound over the 2016 season could put Robbie Ray on the path to being a big time contributor for the Diamondbacks rotation.
The 2016 season has not gone as the Diamondbacks expected, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been any bright spots. One of those bright spots has been lefty Robbie Ray. The 4.31 ERA and 4.82 RA/9 metrics don’t completely tell the story of how far the lefty has developed on the mound, because those numbers come over the course of a full season. Over the course of the season, Robbie Ray went from unwatchable to must-watch on the mound.