The Diamondbacks have signed right-hander Nabil Crismatt to a minor league deal, per an announcement from the Triple-A Reno Aces. Crismatt was previously with the Phillies on a minor league deal but was released a few days ago, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com.
Crismatt, 30, has pitched 177 major league innings in his career with a 3.71 earned run average. His 21.5% strikeout rate is a bit south of average but his 7.2% walk rate and 50.3% ground ball rate are both solid figures. That includes a brief stint with the Diamondbacks in 2023, when he tossed two scoreless innings in his lone appearance as a Snake.
This year, he’s been stuck in the minors with the Phillies. He’s been working as a starter in Triple-A, making 19 starts with a 4.04 ERA, 16.2% strikeout rate, 6.2% walk rate and 40% ground ball rate.
The Diamondbacks have been hemorrhaging pitching this year. They have lost Corbin Burnes, A.J. Puk, Justin Martínez, Tommy Henry and Blake Walston to Tommy John surgeries. Additionally, Cristian Mena, Christian Montes De Oca, Ryan Thompson and Kevin Ginkel are on the injured list due to other reasons. Those injuries played a notable role in knocking the Diamondbacks out of contention, which led them to trading Merrill Kelly and Shelby Miller ahead of the deadline.
Given all of those fallen soldiers, the club may have some innings available down the stretch. Crismatt has worked both as a starter and a reliever in his career. He’ll give the Diamondbacks a depth arm for now but could perhaps be useful for the big league club as they play out the string on the season.
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I was at this, relevant and notable, game last year
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Crismatt time is here
I put out the Crismatt before I put up the tree so we don’t get pine needles all over the floor.
Crismatt comes early this year!
Nabil had some nice moments for the Friars back in the day. Hope he does well enough with the Snakes to stick around in the bigs
His last cup of joe was actually with the Dodgers, last year. I assume he got a ring for it, though they would have had to mail to a PO Box.
So much exciting Diamondbacks news these days!
His two innings for Arizona in 2023 weren’t scoreless; he balked the winning run home. Or losing run, whatever.
Is it me, or does this guy resemble the sleazy bearded guy from Die Hard who Hans Gruber whacks
I’m really enjoying the player name puns on this site. Years ago when MLB.com had chatrooms people got so easily offended by them, but this is delightful. “Crismatt time”. Lol.