Jacob Dahlstrand

Dahlstrand, 23, started the 2015 season remarkably well, tossing a 6 1/3-inning no-hitter among his first three starts before an elbow injury derailed his promising season after just four starts and he eventually had Tommy John surgery. He's been a slow developer in the system, spending three years in short-season ball and another season-and-a-half in Low-A Greenville before the promising 2014 season at High-A Salem. We'll need to see the status of his elbow injury. He's getting a long in the tooth at this point; Dahlstrand will need to be in Double-A Portland by the season's end to stay on track. He has a three-pitch mix (fastball, slider, change) and the team may want to continue him as a starter, but if he dials up the velocity on the fastball (90 to 96 mph), a shift to the pen would not be surprising.