PHOENIX: Left-hander Jordan Montgomery and the Arizona Diamondbacks finalized their $25 million, one-year deal on Friday.

Montgomery pitched for Texas in opposition to Arizona within the World Series final 12 months, and his addition bulks up the defending National League champions’ rotation. He ought to slide into the No. 3 or No. 4 spot as soon as he’s prepared for sport motion, becoming a member of Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly and Eduardo Rodríguez, who signed an $80 million, four-year contract with the Diamondbacks earlier within the offseason.

The contract features a vesting choice for 2025.

If Montgomery makes at the least 10 begins this season, the choice would develop into assured at $20 million and the left-hander additionally would achieve the proper to decide out. The choice value would escalate to $22.5 million if he makes 18 begins and to $25 million if he makes 23 begins — a determine he has reached in three straight seasons.

The sides agreed to the deal on Tuesday, pending a bodily.

Because Montgomery was not within the group on opening day, the Diamondbacks can not make a qualifying supply to him as a free agent and wouldn’t be eligible to get an extra choose within the 2025 novice draft if he leaves Arizona on the finish of the season and indicators with one other workforce.

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