Archie Bradley could still start for the Arizona Diamondbacks despite the recent signing of Bronson Arroyo.
On the surface, Arizona's rotation looks set with Arroyo, Patrick Corbin, Wade Miley, Trevor Cahill and Brandon McCarthy.
"Not necessarily," Kevin Towers said. "To me, we wanted to create a lot of depth. There could be injuries, a lot of things could happen before the middle of March, when we have to get our roster at least down to 28. I don't want Archie to feel just because of the Arroyo signing he's destined for Double-A or Triple-A. We want it to be a very competitive spring, and we want to get out of the gate early and quick."
Towers insists the decision on whether to put Bradley on the Opening Day roster or not will be based on performance and not on trying to limit his service time to delay when he would be eligible for arbitration or free agency.
"With Archie, it's not about trying to save a year or save money," Towers said. "We need to win games, we want to win games. If we think he's ready coming out of the spring and that we're a better ballclub with Archie being in it, he's going to be there."