The Diamondbacks and left-handed reliever are in agreement on a one-year deal, . Beeks, a Frontline client, will earn $1.25MM on the new contract. He opted out of a minor league deal with Houston and was this weekend. The agreement is pending the completion of a physical. Beeks, 31, is a veteran of six big league seasons. He split the 2024 campaign between the Rockies and Pirates, Luis Gonzalez Jersey logging a combined 4.50 ERA with a 17.6% strikeout rate, an 8.7% walk rate, a 45.1% grounder rate and an average of 0.77 homers per nine innings pitched. His best work came with the 2022 Rays, when he pitched 61 frames of 2.80 ERA ball and punched out 28% of his opponents. Hes since moved away from a pure four-seam/changeup pairing to incorporate more cutters, but the results havent been as favorable. Overall, Beeks has pitched 347 2/3 innings in the big leagues. He carries a 4.40 earned run average in that time. Both his strikeout and walk rates are a bit worse than league-average overall, but he keeps the ball on the ground and avoids homers at better-than-average clips. Arizona has incurred some injuries in the bullpen recently, which likely helped pave the way for Beeks to join the team. Righty , one of the teams top late-inning arms, will open the season on the injured list due to shoulder inflammation. is IL-bound due to some back discomfort thats hobbled him in camp. Veteran southpaw , who was likely looking at a long relief role, and mi s the entire season. Beeks gives manager Torey Lovullo a third lefty to deploy. Fellow southpaw will be in the closers mix with , however, which had previously left as the only southpaw option in the middle innings or setup corps. Beeks now presents an alternative, allowing Lovullo to more freely play matchup in the middle stages of a game if needed. Austin Slater Jersey