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Diamondbacks manager AJ Hinch hopes healthy Webb helps turn around fortunes after rough season

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A.J. Hinch admits to a "quick learning curve" last season, when he took over the Diamondbacks in May as the youngest manager of a major league team in five years.Without injured ace Brandon Webb on the mound, the Diamondbacks finished last in the NL West at 70-92 and were one of the league's worst defensive teams.Webb is expected to be healthy again after right shoulder surgery, though, and the former Cy Young Award winner's presence in the rotation should help the 35-year-old Hinch, who became the youngest to lead a big league team since the Cleveland Indians' Eric Wedge in 2003."We have a team with a better spirit. A lot of guys are anxious to flush last season down the toilet and start over," Hinch said Friday, when pitchers and catchers reported for spring training. "And I have the luxury of having very credentialed pitchers."Hinch plans to start Dan Haren — his best pitcher last year at 14-10 record with a 3.14 ERA — on Opening Day, followed by newcomer Edwin ...

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