PT TOMORROW: NL West—Arizona's starting rotation set... and looking strong

Arizona Diamondbacks

Heading into spring training, the back end of the Arizona rotation was far from certain—and it would’ve been perfectly reasonable to think that the rotation would experience a fair degree of turnover throughout the year, regardless of what it looked like on Opening Day. But with Shelby Miller (RHP, ARI) and Patrick Corbin (LHP, ARI) officially locking down the final two spots, and given their early performances this spring, is there reason to think the rotation could actually be more solid than expected?

For Miller, he will be looking to regain the form he showed in ATL, where he posted a 3.02 ERA (despite 4.02 xERA) and 7.5 Dom across 205 IP. A big step in regaining that form will be finding the velocity (94.1...

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