PT TOMORROW: NL East—Starting rotation battles wind down
Mar 26 2014
Tanner Roark (RHP, WAS) and Taylor Jordan (RHP, WAS) are still fighting for the fifth starter job. Both Roark (13.2 IP, 11 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 11 K) and Jordan (20.2 IP, 24 H, 9 ER, 2 BB, 20 K) have pitched well enough to earn the job. Jordan’s improved off-speed offerings have really made a significant impact this spring. It appears that the loser of the Roark/Jordan competition for fifth starter will open the season at Triple-A Syracuse.
Aaron Barrett (RHP, WAS) has reportedly been told that he has earned a job in the bullpen. He had been competing with Ryan Mattheus (RHP, WAS), Xavier Cedeño (LHP, WAS) and Mike Gonzalez (LHP, FAN ) for the last spot in the pen. Mattheus and Cedeno were optioned to Triple-A and...
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