The D-backs have reached an agreement with free-agent right-hander Tyler Clippard on a Major League deal, a source told MLB.com's Steve Gilbert. The club has not confirmed the deal, which would net Clippard $2.25 million in 2021 and includes a $500,000 buyout for ¡¯22, per a source.

Clippard, 36, is entering his 15th Major League season after prior stints with the Yankees, Nationals, A¡¯s, Mets, White Sox, Astros, Blue Jays, Indians and Twins. He also began the 2016 season with Arizona before the D-backs traded him to the Yankees at that year¡¯s July Trade Deadline. The righty owns a career 3.13 ERA across 777 big league appearances (all but 14 of them out of the bullpen), and he enjoyed a solid season for the Twins in 2020 with a 2.77 ERA and 26 to 4 strikeout-to-walk ratio across 26 innings.

Advanced metrics were favorable for Clippard last year, as he ranked among MLB¡¯s top 20% of qualified pitchers in average exit velocity against, hard-hit rate, walk rate and Statcast¡¯s expected wOBA and expected ERA statistics. His split-changeup has served as his primary pitch across the past two seasons, with Clippard throwing that change-of-pace between 30 and 35% of the time. Clippard figures to join a reconstituted mix in Arizona¡¯s bullpen that includes fellow veterans Chris Devenski and Joakim Soria.