Joakim Soria signs with the Diamondbacks

Soria will receive the sum of $ 3.5M for its services in 2021, with the possibility of raising an additional $ 500,000 in the event of a transaction. Living in the city of Scottsdale in Arizona, the newcomer has turned down more lucrative offers to be closer to his home.

The Mariners, Twins, Rangers and Angels were also players on the record, as USA Today Sports’ Bob Nightengale reports.

A native of Maxique, the 36-year-old right-hander played for five seasons for the Royals before stringing together clubs and changing addresses quite frequently. The Diamondbacks will provide him with his eighth different uniform in his career.

Last year, the two All-Star Gameplayer (2008, 2010) posted an earned run average of 2.82, strike out 24 batters and pitched 22.1 innings for the Oakland Athletics.

By signing in Arizona, Soria becomes the veteran in a youth locker room that is sorely lacking in succession experience. So he’s probably the one who will inherit the keys to the mound in the ninth round.

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