Gooden. Wood. Bradley? D-backs' prospect generating lots of buzz

"If you think he has a chance to win 15 games," Towers said, "and you have a chance to win, why not?"

Tom Verducci | Mar 11, 2014

Gooden. Wood. Bradley? D-backs' prospect generating lots of buzz /

Archie Bradley, 21, was the seventh-overall pick in the 2011 draft and could break camp with Arizona. — Archie Bradley, 21, was the seventh-overall pick in the 2011 draft and could break camp with Arizona :: Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images

"If you think he has a chance to win 15 games," Towers said, "and you have a chance to win, why not?"

Published Mar 11, 2014

TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.