8:10pm: It’ll be a one-year contract, reports Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic. The signing is still pending a physical.
8:08pm: The D-Backs are closing in on a deal to re-sign Zac Gallen, reports Steve Gilbert of MLB.com. The veteran righty has had an extended stay on the open market after declining a qualifying offer at the beginning of the offseason.
Gallen is coming off a down year that clearly sapped a lot of his appeal on the open market. He entered the season as a strong candidate to command upwards of $100MM once he hit free agency. Gallen stayed healthy and took all 33 turns through the rotation, but he had the worst rate stats of his career. He turned in a personal-high 4.83 earned run average with a career-worst 21.5% strikeout rate.
More to come.
