Corbin finds success in D-backs’ bullpen

PHOENIX — By moving Patrick Corbin from the starting rotation to the bullpen, the D-backs have accomplished what they hoped to do. The left-hander struggled for the first four months of the season and looked nothing like the starter who was a former All-Star.

The D-backs needed to build up Corbin’s confidence, put him in positions to succeed and get him back to doing what he did so well prior to his Tommy John surgery in late 2013, and even after he finally returned for the second half of 2015.

Consider Corbin rounded back into form. He pitched three perfect innings with four strikeouts to notch a save in Thursday’s win over the Dodgers and has posted a 1.46 ERA over his last six relief outings, spanning 12 1/3 innings.

“I think if we would’ve just decided after he struggled to not pitch him anymore the rest of the season, we still would’ve felt like he was going to be one of our five [starters] going into next year with what his track record has …

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