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Spring Training Gameday Thread, #14: 3/8 @ Brewers

Shipley starts here, with Zack Greinke having pitched in an intra-squad game this morning.

By Jim McLennan
San Diego Padres v Milwaukee Brewers Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Diamondbacks line-up

  1. David Peralta DH
  2. A.J. Pollock CF
  3. Paul Goldschimdt 1B
  4. Jake Lamb 3B
  5. Steven Souza RF
  6. Ketel Marte SS
  7. Jarrod Dyson LF
  8. Ildemaro Vargas 2B
  9. J.R. Murphy C
    + Braden Shipley P

Before we get to the above, Zack Greinke again got his work in on the back fields rather than in a Cactus League game.

Which would be okay... except for these Tweets from Nick Piecoro and Zach Buchanan, which I’ll repeat here in case you missed them in SnakeBytes.

Maybe we just need to add “Greinke velocity concerns” to our Spring Training Bingo cards, probably between “...in the best shape of his life” and “...trying out a new pitch.”

So, it’s Braden Shipley starting this afternoon in the “proper” game. He is likely one of the contenders to be #6 in our starting rotation: likely not there on Opening Day, but almost certain to be called on at some point in the season. Others vying for spot on our depth chart might include Matt Koch and possibly Albert Suarez (though the whole Rule 5 thing complicates his situation significantly). Also of note, Jarrod Dyson starting in the field for what I think is the first time, previously having DH’d.

This one is on Fox Sports Arizona, so you can follow along there.

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