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Pitcher Zac Gallen Agrees to 1-Year Deal to Return to the Arizona Diamondbacks, AP Source Says

On Friday, right-hander Zac Gallen agreed to a one-year, $22 million contract to return to the Arizona Diamondbacks, with the deal pending a physical, a person told the AP.
With no multi-year offer forthcoming, Gallen declined the $22.025 million qualifying offer by the Nov. 18 deadline, Scott Boras confirmed, prompting his return to Arizona.
As a two-year All-Star-level performer from 2022–24, Gallen endured his worst big-league season in 2025, finishing 13-15 with a 4.83 ERA and an 8.2 strikeout rate per nine innings.
The deal preserves Zac Gallen as a rotation piece for Arizona, pending a physical, keeping the former ace who ranks behind Randy Johnson and Brandon Webb with 65 franchise wins.
After a spike in opponents' slugging against his curveball from.230 in 2024 to.438 in 2025, Arizona kept Gallen to extend the $22.025 million qualifying offer, which he declined, despite trading Mitch Keller.

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