SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa is back where he likes to be -- in the D-backs' clubhouse competing for a role on the roster.
When De La Rosa made the team in 2017, he was something of an underdog. It was his first attempt at regular relief work since he left the Brewers in 2006. Since then, he pitched a year-and-a-half in Kansas City then anchored the Rockies' rotation, where he is still the organization's winningest pitcher with 86 wins and nine scattered relief appearances.
The veteran, who will be 37 in April, faces similar odds in breaking into a crowded D-backs' bullpen competition in 2018, but he relishes the chance to prove himself yet again, having signed a Minor League contract just as camp was opening for pitchers and catchers.