{"id":357405,"date":"2025-12-19T04:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357405\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T04:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:54:09","slug":"d-backs-bring-back-pitcher-john-curtiss-on-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357405\/","title":{"rendered":"D-backs bring back pitcher John Curtiss on minor league deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Diamondbacks have brought right-handed reliever John Curtiss back into the fold by signing the free agent to a minor league contract.<\/p>\n<p>Curtiss returns to the organization after being <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/outrighted\/3601055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">outrighted along with four others<\/a> on Nov. 5. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/reno\/transactions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">assigned to the Triple-A Reno Aces<\/a> on Tuesday and joins lefty Tommy Henry and righty Taylor Rashi as those assigned to the minor league club this month after logging pitches with the D-backs in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-5 Texas product made 30 appearances last season for Arizona and recorded one save with a 3.93 ERA. He was one of the D-backs\u2019 MLB-record 17 relievers to notch a save.<\/p>\n<p>Curtiss posted a 0.93 WHIP and <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballsavant.mlb.com\/savant-player\/john-curtiss-595928?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">3.5% walk rate<\/a> in 36.2 innings pitched during his first season with the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n<p>August was his most consistent month with a 2.12 ERA and 0.59 WHIP in 12 appearances (17.0 innings pitched).<\/p>\n<p>He sported a four-pitch arsenal in 2025, leaning largely on his four-seam fastball (54%) and cutter (30%).<\/p>\n<p>Right-handers Antonio Menendez and Sean Harney were other recent arm additions to the Aces following their contracts being purchased in the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona made a huge step toward shoring up their starting rotation by <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/merrill-kelly-10\/3604580\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reportedly signing free agent Merrill Kelly<\/a> on Sunday and is still on the lookout for 2026 bullpen depth this offseason.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwmoses11\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @pwmoses11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Diamondbacks have brought right-handed reliever John Curtiss back into the fold by signing the free agent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4404,2976,363,4403,99],"class_list":["post-357405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-arizona-sports-now-on-98-7-fm","tag-home","tag-mlb","tag-phoenix-arizona-sports-news-phoenix-breaking-sports-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}