Tommy Henry To Start Cactus League Opener
10 months agoArizona Diamondbacks left-hander Tommy Henry was named the team's starter for their Cactus League opener on Friday against the Colorado Rockies. Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez was initially supposed to get the starting nod, but the D-backs have decided to let him throw another live batting practice session on the back fields on Friday instead. The 26-year-old Henry is competing for the fifth and final spot in Arizona's rotation with Ryne Nelson this spring. Henry went 5-4 with a 4.15 ERA and 1.36 WHIP with 35 walks and 64 strikeouts in 89 innings over 17 outings (16 starts) in his second year in the big leagues in 2023. The soft-tossing lefty has only fanned 6.6 batters per nine innings in 136 big-league innings so far, and his lack of high-end velocity gives him very little upside in NL-only leagues if he wins a rotation spot out of spring training.
Source: PHNX Sports - Jesse Friedman
Source: PHNX Sports - Jesse Friedman