Diamondbacks Select Bryce Jarvis Designate Carson Kelly for Assignment

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The Arizona Diamondbacks announced several roster moves on Sunday morning, headlined by the promotion of pitching prospect  . The Diamondbacks selected his contract from Triple-A Reno, designating catcher  for a signment in a corresponding move. They also reinstated catcher  from the 10-day injured list and optioned starting pitcher  to Triple-A.  Jarvis, Arizonas first-round pick in the 2020 draft, will be making his MLB debut. He is a top-30 prospect in the D-backs system, according to Baseball America (18th) and MLB Pipeline (29th).  The Duke University product made a solid first impre sion in 2021, to sing 75 1/3 innings acro s three levels. He had particular succe s at High-A Hillsboro, posting a 3.62 ERA in seven starts. However, he struggled following his promotion to Double-A Amarillo: his walk rate rose P.k. Subban Jersey , his home run rate doubled, and his ERA ballooned to 5.66. He remained in Double-A the following season, where his struggles only intensified. Walks and home runs continued to cause him trouble, and his opponents were having more succe s on balls in play. He finished with a ghastly 8.27 ERA in 25 starts.  Neverthele s, Jarvis earned a promotion to Triple-A in April 2023. Free pa ses remained a problem for him at Reno, where he walked more than 11% of the batters he faced, but he got his home run rate in check, and his ERA came down to a more respectable 5.40 in 16 starts.  In late July, Jarvis transitioned to a bullpen role, a temporary change to addre s an area of need within the organization. The 25-year-old told that there are still long-term plans for him to be a starter, but for the rest of this year, the team needed him more in the bullpen.  That being that case, its unlikely Jarvis will be taking Nelsons spot in the rotation. With Nelson at Triple-A, the Diamondbacks only have three starting pitchers on the 26-man roster:  ,  , and  . However,  is expected to return from the IL shortly, and  could rejoin the rotation as well. Cecconi, the teams No. 14 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, made a start on August 2 before moving to the bullpen. He has only made a single appearance out of the pen in that time. Prior to his call-up, he made 20 starts at Triple-A Reno, pitching to a 6.38 ERA.  Nelson has been sturdy for Arizona this season; he is tied for third in the National League in starts and 21st in innings pitched. That said, he has a 7.60 ERA and 5.49 SIERA in his last seven starts, and the Diamondbacks have lost five of those seven games. Neither Cecconi nor Jarvis is a surefire upgrade over Nelson, but the D-backs certainly needed to shake things up. Before yesterdays victory over the Padres, they had lost their last nine games. Their pitching staff has a 4.93 ERA in August, and they have been outscored 46-23.  Morenos return should give the pitching staff another much-needed boost. His offensive performance has been underwhelming in his first season with the Diamondbacks, but he has done well behind the dish. His 9 Defensive Runs Saved are tied for fifth among catchers. Meanwhile, his pitch framing doesnt grade out particularly well (33rd percentile, per Baseball Savant), but he has still been a more valuable framer than Kelly (22nd percentile) and  (3rd percentile), who have covered behind the dish since Moreno hit the IL on July 23.  As for Kelly, 29, its not a shock to see him cut from the roster based on his recent results but its a significant development from a wider lens. He was once a top 100 prospect with the Cardinals and was one of the prospects that came to Arizona in the  , along with  and  . The former was flipped to the Royals last year for  , who was optioned to the minors yesterday, while Young was lost to the Nationals in the minor league portion of the 2021 Rule 5 draft.  Kelly was once hoped to be the clubs catcher of the future and he showed well in his first season in the desert. He hit 18 home runs in 2019 and walked in 13.2% of his plate appearances, leading to a .245/.348/.478 batting line and 107 wRC+. But since then, hes hit just .225/.303/.366, including a line of .226/.283/.298 this year. He could have been retained for one more season via arbitration, owed a raise on this years $4.275M M salary, but the DBacks have decided to move on instead.  Todays move means that none of the three players from the Goldschmidt trade remain on the roster. The transaction tree is technically still alive thanks to the presence of Rivera, but the deal looks unquestionably disappointing in retrospect. The club will put Kelly on waivers in coming days and he will almost certainly clear, given his salary and recent performance. Since he has over five years of service time, he will have the ability to reject an outright a signment while retaining all of his salary. The Diamondbacks will remain on the hook for that, allowing another club to sign him and pay him only the prorated league minimum, with that amount subtracted from what the Diamondbacks pay.  Simon Nemec Jersey