Bundy, who had Tommy John surgery in 2013, will be used judiciously this season and may have a start skipped on occasion, Rich Dubroff of MLB.com reports.
Although he hasn't openly said Bundy will be on an innings limit this year, manager Buck Showalter has used choice words when discussing his plan for the right-hander. "I thought Dylan [tired] towards the end of last season -- he'd never admit it," Showalter said. "It wasn't showing up in velocities. It was just a little different crispness to his stuff. We're putting him at the back end when we get an extra day. We float him in the back." He went on to propose the idea of skipping a start before the All-Star game and slotting the 24-year-old at the bottom of the rotation in the second half of the year. With Chris Tillman out, Bundy, who will make his spring debut Wednesday against the Red Sox, will begin the campaign as the No. 2 pitcher in the rotation.