"Nelson is the only member of that group who spent more than one season with Arizona. The Snakes claimed the 29-year-old reliever off waivers from Cleveland over the 2021-22 offseason. Nelson pitched to a 2.19 ERA across 43 appearances during his first season in the desert. His numbers tailed off in 2023 and he hasn't been much of a factor over the past two seasons."
"Curtiss signed a minor league contract with the Snakes over the offseason. They called him up in late June. He tossed 36 2/3 innings across 30 MLB appearances. Curtiss managed a respectable 3.93 ERA but only punched out 17% of batters faced. The 32-year-old righty carries a 4.03 ERA across 145 1/3 innings over parts of eight seasons. This amounts to an early non-tender instead of a projected $1.2MM arbitration salary."
Arizona outrighted four players off the 40-man roster — right-handers John Curtiss and Casey Kelly, lefty Kyle Nelson, and infielder Connor Kaiser — after all went unclaimed on waivers. Nelson spent multiple seasons with Arizona, posting a 2.19 ERA in 43 appearances his first season but regressing since and missing most of 2024 with thoracic outlet syndrome. Curtiss appeared in 30 games with a 3.93 ERA across 36 2/3 innings but a low 17% strikeout rate. Kelly made two late-season appearances while spending most of the year in Triple-A. Kaiser provided glove-first middle-infield depth with limited MLB offense.
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