How the rotation for Arizona performed this year kinda depends on what metric you choose, as well as how you look at it. By straight ERA, they were mediocre: 4.29 ranked the D-backs’ starting pitching nineteenth. It was considerably better than the 4.79 ERA and 27th ranking they managed in 2024. They certainly got their work in over 2025 too – only the Phillies and Guardians saw their rotation throw more innings. But was it because they D-backs’ starters were good, or because manager Torey Lovullo was scared to go to the fragile and unreliable bullpen? That is a very legitimate question.

It is true that even the improved ERA is disappointing, considering how the team was set up with the rotation looking to be a strength before the season. The arrival of Corbin Burnes had set expectations

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