D-backs prospect Parker returns to the mound
By Jack Magruder
FOXSportsArizona.com
It was a preview of one the NL West's highlight matchups into the next decade -- each side hopes, anyway.
Diamondbacks uber prospect Jarrod Parker, meet Colorado MVP candidate Troy Toluwitzki.
"I think we would both look forward to that," Parker said.
Parker, considered the top prospect in the D-backs' system, threw a scoreless inning in the D-backs' 6-5 loss to the Rockies at Salt River Fields in his first spring appearance, although it was not particularly easy.
Parker walked the bases loaded with two outs in the fifth inning, but he got out of it by getting Tulowitzki on a fly ball to short right field.
"I saw him coming up. I had to focus and lock in and get out with no runs," Parker said.
Parker threw a first-pitch fastball that Tulowitzki took for a strike before jamming Tulowitzki with another fastball.
"'Tulo' knows (Parker) has got some pop. When he offers at that pitch