The Arizona Diamondbacks signed veteran left-hander Randy Wolf to a minor league contract on Friday.
CBSSports.com reported that Wolf will get $1 million when he makes it to the big-league club.
Wolf, 37, may not be in the minors for long. The Diamondbacks’ rotation has struggled so far this season with a 6.57 ERA. Only the Minnesota Twins are worse in the majors with a 6.89 ERA.
Arizona is also without All-Star left-hander Patrick Corbin, who had Tommy John surgery.
Manager Kirk Gibson acknowledged that changes to the rotation could be in store.
“We’ve had discussions,” he said. “Obviously things have not been going as we planned. We’re better than this and we can’t keep going on in this fashion. Nothing is concrete at this time. We’ll continue to talk about it. We’ll get through this road trip and we’ll probably talk about it on a daily basis. Obviously we want to try to make it better. We need to get more innings out of our starters, No. 1.”
In 14 major-league seasons, Wolf is 132-117 with a 4.20 ERA for the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles. He did not pitch last season due to elbow surgery.
Wolf earned a spot in the Seattle Mariners’ rotation in spring training but asked to be released because he refused a clause in his contract stating the club could release him during the first 45 days of the season without guaranteeing his full salary.