It has become a sort of rite of spring: A new season blooms in the desert — and Torey Lovullo is on the hot seat as the Diamondbacks’ manager. Last season ended with speculation that Lovullo might not return for 2026, but he was told a day after the season that he would be back for the final year of his contract. With spring training set to begin next week, Lovullo enters his 10th season on the job with his footing perhaps as wobbly as it's ever been. If his team does not perform, his job could be at stake. Complicating matters for him is the fact that the area of the roster over which managers tend to be scrutinized most, the bullpen, is the same one that not just appears to be the weakest...
