Montgomery's first outing in spring was delayed first by a strained index finger ligament, then by a rainout March 7 when he was supposed to pitch against the Angels. When he finally got on a mound in a game the next day things went very poorly right out of the gate, and he never recovered.

Jordan Montgomery’s next outing of the spring will come in a simulated game on a back field Thursday instead of a Cactus League contest. There are a few reasons the Diamondbacks lefty will do that rather than face the Mariners in a night game in Peoria.

The D-backs made it close but the story is how Montgomery struggled on the mound in his first action of the Cactus League