D-backs make multiple roster moves, including designating Josh Collmenter for assignment
Jul 30, 2016, 3:18 PM
Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Josh Collmenter reacts after giving up a three-run home run to Colorado Rockies' DJ LeMahieu in the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 25, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The Arizona Diamondbacks made multiple roster moves Saturday in an effort to break out of their latest slump.
The D-backs announced they selected left-handed pitchers Steve Hathaway and Adam Loewen from the Triple-A Reno Aces.
Consequently, the D-backs designated Josh Collmenter and Mike Freeman for assignment, and they also optioned Zac Curtis to its affiliate team, the Double-A Mobile BayBears.
Loewen went 3-2 with a 3.62 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 33 games for the Aces this season, after appearing in 20 games for the Philadelphia Phillies last year, in which he finished 1-0 with a 6.98 ERA.
He was the fourth overall selection in the 2002 First-Year Player Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
Hathaway went 2-3 with a 2.48 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 37 games for both the BayBears and Aces this season.
With a struggling bullpen, the D-backs decided to option 30-year-old Collmenter, who went 1-0 with a 4.84 ERA in 15 games this season. He was once viewed as the best available pitcher for the Diamondbacks, as he started Opening Day last season.
Collmenter was 36-33 with a 3.54 ERA in 200 career games with the D-backs over parts of six seasons since 2011.
Freeman didn’t get much action for the Diamondbacks this season, as the 28-year-old went 0-for-9 with two walks in eight games. He was optioned to Reno on July 28.
Following a poor performance by Curtis in a wild seventh inning Friday, the D-backs are sending down the 24-year-old to Mobile. He was 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in 21 games for the D-backs this season.
