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The Diamondbacks have signed right-hander Trevor Clifton to a minor league contract with an invitation to MLB spring training, Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets. Clifton , now 24, had been with the Cubs since they used a 12 th-round pick on him in 2013. He was the organization’s minor league pitcher of its first year in 2016, when he dominated high-A ball with a 2.72 ERA/ 3.05 FIP and 9.76 K/ 9 against 3.1 BB/ 9 over 119 innings, and then ranked as FanGraphs’ eighth-best Cubs prospect before the next season. Clifton’s stock has discontinued since then, though, thanks in part to his strives in Triple-A ball last year. He finagled a less-than-stellar 5.18 ERA/ 6.57 FIP with 7.64 K/ 9 and 4.55 BB/ 9 through 99 innings in 2019.

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