Kelly heads back to D-Backs

Free agent right-hander Merrill Kelly, after being dealt by the Diamondbacks to the Texas Rangers at the trade deadline last season, is returning to Arizona on a two-year, $40 million deal, a source confirmed to ESPN amid multiple media reports.He’ll slot back into the top of the Diamondbacks’ rotation, which last week added free agent right-hander Michael Soroka on a one-year, $7.5 million deal for depth. Right-handers Ryne Nelson and Brandon Pfaadt and left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez round out the projected group.

Kelly is viewed as a grind-it-out innings eater but doesn’t boast big raw stuff. His changeup is his best pitch by a wide margin, and he gets by with location and off-speed stuff. He went a combined 12-9 with a 3.42 ERA with 167 strikeouts across 32 starts last season for the Diamondbacks and Rangers.

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