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

On the positive side of the ledger, Jordan Montgomery’s injured left index finger felt healthy on Saturday, but other than that there wasn’t much positive to take away from his first appearance of the spring.