Taylor Widener was originally acquired by the Diamondbacks in the three-team trade that also brought Steven Souza Jr. to Arizona. After a breakout 2018 campaign with the team’s AA affiliate, Widener was only a good couple of months away from being getting an opportunity to contribute in the MLB rotation. That didn’t happen as Widener got crushed thanks to the combination of Reno’s pitcher-killing environment and AAA teams adopting the gopher ball. That year had everyone recalibrating expectations entering 2020, as most didn’t think he was as good as he was in AA and as bad as he was in AAA.
Taylor Widener is slowly developing into a potential key pitcher for the Diamondbacks future
