Diamondbacks select Chris Devenski, place Tyler Clippard on 60-day IL

The Diamondbacks have selected right-handed reliever Chris Devenski’s contract, the team announced. In a corresponding move, Arizona placed righty Tyler Clippard on the 60-day injured list. Clippard is dealing with a capsule strain in his throwing shoulder – an injury that will cost the free-agent pickup at least the first couple months of the season.

Devenski was another offseason addition for the Diamondbacks, although he had to settle for a minor-league contract after an injury-wrecked 2020 with the Astros. He threw just 3 2/3 innings before undergoing elbow surgery last September.

At his best, Devenski was a multi-inning weapon in Houston from 2016-17, during which he combined for a stingy 2.38 ERA and posted a 21.8 K-BB percentage in 189 innings. But Devenski hasn’t been the same since. Between that excellent two-season run and last year, he managed a 4.56 ERA with a K-BB percentage of 18.0 over 116 1/3 frames from 2018-19. However, he did throw seven scoreless, four-hit innings with seven strikeouts against three walks this spring.