Rubby De La Rosa is currently penciled into the Diamondbacks' rotation for 2015, Fox Sports Arizona's Jack Magruder reports.

De La Rosa is currently penciled into the Diamondbacks' rotation for 2015, Fox Sports Arizona's Jack Magruder reports.

Analysis:

General manager Dave Stewart named De La Rosa, along with Josh Collmenter, Jeremy Hellickson and Allen Webster as four pitchers that would be assured of a spot in the rotation as things currently stand. A lot can change between now and the start of the 2015 season, but it would seem that De La Rosa will enter spring training as a strong favorite to be a part of Arizona's rotation. While De La Rosa's fastball works in the mid-90s, he wasn't much of a strikeout pitcher in 2014, notching just 74 strikeouts in 101.2 innings with Boston. His 4.03 xFIP points to the likelihood of De La Rosa pitching like a back-end starter in 2015.