SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Left-hander Patrick Corbin has been chosen to start for the Arizona Diamondbacks on opening day. I got all my work in that I needed to this spring,” Corbin said. But he suffered an injury in his throwing arm during a spring training game and had to have Tommy John surgery. Lovullo told Corbin the news before Corbin’s most recent spring training start, Friday against Cleveland. … C Jeff Mathis returned to major league game action on Saturday against Kansas City, his first spring training game in 10 days.

Source: National Post March 24, 2018 21:00 UTC