Arizona Diamondbacks add reliever Tyler Clippard
Feb 8, 2016, 1:49 PM | Updated: 3:44 pm
New York Mets pitcher Tyler Clippard during the eighth inning of Game 3 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Kansas City Royals Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The Arizona Diamondbacks added to their bullpen Monday.
Source: Clippard in agreement with #DBacks on two-year, $12.25M contract.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 8, 2016
Possible that some of Clippard’s $4M signing bonus with #DBacks is deferred. No word on that yet.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 8, 2016
Clippard deal with #DBacks is official, per source: $4M signing bonus, $4.1M salary in 2016, and $4.15M salary in 2017.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 8, 2016
Clippard, 30, pitched for the New York Mets and Oakland A’s last season, posting a 5-4 record with 19 saves and a 2.92 ERA. Prior to that, he spent seven seasons with the Washington Nationals, during which time he earned a reputation for being one of the game’s best and most reliable relief pitchers.
The right-hander comes to Arizona with a career ERA of 2.88 to go along with a 1.09 WHIP, a 42-29 record, 53 saves and 158 holds. He was an All-Star in 2011 and 2014.
The Clippard signing comes on the heals of what has been a busy offseason for the Diamondbacks as they re-worked their pitching staff. It started when the team landed ace Zack Greinke on a six-year, $206.5 million contract and continued when the D-backs acquired Shelby Miller in a trade with the Atlanta Braves.
