Bumgarner's scheduled start Saturday against Atlanta was postponed due to inclement weather.

EDGE Analysis

The game will be made up as part of a traditional doubleheader Sunday. Bumgarner will start the first game, with Zac Gallen starting the second.

Bumgarner (1-2) gave up one run on two hits and one walk while striking out five in five innings to earn the win against the Nationals on Sunday.

EDGE Analysis

Bumgarner had struggled mightily in his first three starts of the year and gave up at least five runs in each of those outings. However, he worked with pitching coach Matt Herges to adjust the left-hander's mindset ahead of Sunday's start. The work apparently paid off, as Bumgarner only allowed four Nationals to reach base in the first five innings Sunday. Bumgarner has now posted an 8.68 ERA and 1.77 WHIP in 18.2 innings to begin the season. He'll attempt to stay on the right track on the road against Atlanta on Saturday.

Arizona pitching coach Matt Herges has been working with Bumgarner to adjust his "mindset" ahead of the left-hander's scheduled start Sunday, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Bumgarner has been pounded through three outings and enters Sunday's start with an 11.20 ERA. As Herges described it, Bumgarner's focus during bullpen sessions is to use pitch-tracking data to make adjustments to specific pitches, but the coach wants him to focus on executing the next pitch. "He's elite in terms of the feel he has for what he's doing - his body, his mechanics - but I think the mindset is what we're working on, basically," Herges said. "If I had to just whittle it down, the mindset of making the pitch right here, right now." The coach wants Bumgarner to channel the pitcher he was in previous years and pointed to the final inning of his previous start Monday against the Athletics. In that inning, Bumgarner threw just three fastballs among 23 pitches, and that's not the way he pitched when leading the Giants two World Series titles.

Bumgarner (0-2) struggled again Monday against the A's, allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings to take the loss.

EDGE Analysis

Bumgarner gave up runs in the first and the third to put the D-backs in a 3-0 hole. The wheels completely came off in the fifth, however, as he seemed to lose control of his command -- a walk, a single and a sac fly brought in two, then he hung a curveball that Matt Chapman smashed for a solo home run and hit a batter before being lifted. The 31-year-old owns an 11.20 ERA through three starts -- the worst among all qualified pitchers in the majors. He'll look to right the ship in his next outing against the Nationals on Sunday.

Bumgarner (0-1) allowed five runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four, picking up the loss to Colorado on Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

The Rockies roughed up Bumgarner, launching nine balls off him in the air at 95 mph or harder. Following a 2020 season in which Bumgarner experienced a dip in velocity, the stuff the Diamondbacks thought they were getting when they signed him in Dec. 2019 has returned to a degree, but the results have not yet been there. After two starts, the left-hander has permitted 11 runs over nine innings. He's in line to make his next start Monday at home against Oakland.

Bumgarner allowed six runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out six in four innings in Thursday's 8-7 loss to San Diego.

EDGE Analysis

Bumgarner escaped the loss when the Diamondbacks' bats heated up, but he permitted two home runs, grinded through innings two through four and needed 91 pitches for 12 outs. He did experience an uptick in velocity, averaging 90.3 MPH and topping out at 92.5, higher than at any point during the 2020 season, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports. He also induced 14 swinging strikes and thought he pitched better than the results indicate. The left-hander is scheduled to pitch again next Wednesday at Colorado.

Manager Torey Lovullo said that Bumgarner will start the Diamondbacks' season opener Thursday in San Diego, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

After Zac Gallen was diagnosed Tuesday with a hairline fracture in his forearm that will result in him beginning the season on the shelf, Bumgarner became the logical choice to get the ball on Opening Day. Though he turned in career-worst numbers (6.48 ERA, 1.44 WHIP in 41.2 innings) over his nine-start debut season with Arizona in 2020, Bumgarner has shown improved velocity this spring and has generated better results due in part to altered mechanics. The 31-year-old lefty's best days are clearly behind him at this point, but if the spring changes prove to be real, he could have some appeal in mixed leagues as a late-round bounce-back target.

Bumgarner allowed six runs on four hits and three walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Friday's spring game against the Reds.

EDGE Analysis

Bumgarner declared himself ready for the regular season following the outing, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports. "You know, I was glad to get up and down six times. Made some pretty good pitches today. So yeah, I feel pretty good about it," the left-hander said. Bumgarner was able to pitch into the sixth inning and get his pitch count to 85, setting himself up for 100 pitches if needed in his first regular-season start. That could come Opening Day, but manager Torey Lovullo has not yet announced a starter for next Friday in San Diego.

Bumgarner experimented with a new delivery in a "B" game on the back fields Sunday, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Against a lineup of mostly Los Angeles Angels minor leaguers, Bumgarner was quick pitching -- cutting off his motion and delivering pitches in an expedited manner. He also played with dropping down and firing pitches from a lower angle. The left-hander had success doing it, navigating through five-plus innings. "Pitching is disrupting timing and hitting is timing," Bumgarner said. "Doing whatever I can do to try to be as good as I can. Honestly, I think it makes too much sense not to do it if you can do it." It's unclear how much Bumgarner will employ these tactics when the regular season starts, but he said there was no trouble reverting to his normal delivery on an ensuing pitch and that he had an overall feel for his pitches.

Bumgarner allowed two runs on three hits while striking out three over four innings in Tuesday's spring start against the Athletics.

EDGE Analysis

Aside from the two solo home runs allowed in the fourth inning, Bumgarner was pleased with the effort. "It was really just two pitches that I would like to do over again," the left-hander told Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. "The rest of them I felt pretty good about. It was nice to get up and down four times and get some at-bats and kind of feel like a regular game." This was Bumgarner's second Cactus League start, sandwiched around a three-inning simulated game. The 31-year-old hurler has a lot to prove this season after a desultory 2020 campaign in which he experienced a drop in velocity and posted a 6.48 ERA (7.17 FIP).