Torey Lovullo has decided that Zac Gallen will start Arizona’s first spring training game on Sunday.
Torey Lovullo spent time on the phone with Tyler Clippard, laying out for the veteran reliever the ways the team has changed since last he was in a Diamondbacks uniform and giving the hurler the new lay of the land.
Whether the financial decisions being made by the Diamondbacks are smart, frugal measures that will lead to a stronger future or they are miserly penny-pinching by Scrooge McKendrick, Arizona’s continued insistence on curtailing pay for its employees paints the Diamondbacks in a poor light and raises many uncomfortable questions.