Chafin reuniting with D-backs on 1-year deal (source)

Left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin has agreed to a one-year cope with the D-backs, a supply advised MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand on Saturday. The deal, which is pending a bodily, has not been confirmed by the membership.

Chafin was a free agent for the third straight offseason after opting out of the ultimate 12 months on his two-year, $13 million cope with the Tigers. He posted a 2.83 ERA with 67 strikeouts in 57 1/3 innings over 64 appearances for Detroit in 2022.

Typically dealing with a heavy workload out of the bullpen, the southpaw reliever leads all pitchers with 375 appearances because the starting of 2017, recording a 140 ERA+ in that span.

Selected forty third total within the 2011 MLB Draft by the D-backs, Chafin appeared in elements of seven seasons with Arizona to begin his profession however has bounced round over the previous three seasons, pitching for the Cubs, A’s and Tigers along with Arizona.

Chafin doesn’t throw notably exhausting, however he encompasses a nasty slider that restricted opponents to a .085 common and .127 slugging proportion over 78 PAs final season. His 60.4% whiff charge on sliders was the second-highest mark any pitcher induced with any pitch sort (min. 100 swings towards that pitch sort).

Although he’s been higher towards left-handed batters throughout his profession, Chafin can be extremely efficient towards right-handed hitters. He held righty batters to a .586 OPS over 138 plate appearances in 2022, in comparison with a .665 OPS in 105 PAs towards lefty batters.