PHOENIX -- Right-hander Braden Shipley has followed up a solid Spring Training with a hot start to the season for Triple-A Reno.
The D-backs selected Shipley, 26, in the first round of the 2013 Draft, and he has appeared in 23 big league games (14 starts) over the past two seasons. This spring, he went 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in three outings.
Shipley figures to be near or at the top of the D-backs' list of pitchers that would be called up should something happen to one of their five starters.
In his first start of the year for the Aces, Shipley held visiting Fresno to one run over 5 1/3 innings, then gave up two runs in six frames at Sacramento.