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Diamondbacks To Sign Merrill Kelly
The Diamondbacks are finalizing a contract with right-hander Merrill Kelly, according to a report from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Rosenthal adds that it’s a two-year, $40MM pact. Jon Heyman of The New York Post adds that the deal is pending a physical.
Kelly, 37, returns to the team with which he has spent nearly his entire major league career. Though initially drafted by the Rays in the eighth-round of the 2010 draft, Kelly made his big league debut with the Diamondbacks back in 2019 after a four-season stay in Korea as a member of the KBO’s SK Wyverns (now known as the SSG Landers). After a pedestrian rookie campaign in the majors where he pitched to a league-average ERA in 32 starts, Kelly managed to fashion a role for himself as one of the better mid-rotation arms in the majors.
D-backs bringing back Merrill Kelly on 2-year deal (source)
The D-backs are bringing back a familiar face to bolster their starting rotation, agreeing to terms on a two-year, $40 million deal with right-hander Merrill Kelly, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand on Sunday. The team has not confirmed the deal.
After seven seasons with the Diamondbacks, in which he compiled a 3.74 ERA, Kelly was dealt to the Rangers at the Trade Deadline on July 31. He finished 2025 with a 12-9 record and a 3.52 ERA in 32 starts. That ERA ranked 19th in MLB among qualified starters, while Kelly's 18 quality starts were the 11th-most in baseball.
Kelly, 37, turned in an overall solid season in 2025, which continued a trend in which the righty has been one of the more reliable starters in the Majors. Aside from an injury-shortened 2024 season and the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Kelly has made 27 or more starts in every other season since his debut in 2019, including three seasons of 30-plus starts.
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Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly: Back with Diamondbacks
Kelly agreed to a two-year, $40 million contract with the Diamondbacks on Sunday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
The 37-year-old right-hander was dealt by the Diamondbacks to the Rangers at the trade deadline in July, and he'll now return to the desert for an eighth season. Kelly should step back in as Arizona's ace after posting a 3.52 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 167:48 K:BB across 184 innings last season.
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