{"id":775734,"date":"2026-08-11T08:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/775734\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:54:19","slug":"diamondbacks-cut-former-closer-paul-sewald-welcome-soroka-littell-to-pitching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/775734\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks cut former closer Paul Sewald, welcome Soroka, Littell to pitching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 The Arizona Diamondbacks added some reinforcements to their pitching staff on Monday with Michael Soroka returning from the injured list and Zack Littell agreeing to a one-year contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To make room for the two pitchers, the D-backs designated veteran right-hander Paul Sewald for assignment and sent Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Soroka returns after missing nearly two months with left hip discomfort. The 29-year-old was one of team\u2019s most effective pitchers before the injury with an 8-3 record and 3.07 ERA. He\u2019ll start on Monday against the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Washington Nationals pitcher Zack Littell throws during the third inning of a baseball game...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ERGLAYLGNFA4NPGUYKGAUESYWI.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>Washington Nationals pitcher Zack Littell throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Daniel Kucin Jr.)(Daniel Kucin Jr. | AP Photo\/Daniel Kucin Jr.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Littell had 7-8 record and 4.97 ERA with the Washington Nationals over 23 appearances, including 14 starts, this season before getting released last week. Arizona is expected to use him as a reliever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The 36-year-old Sewald has been the D-backs\u2019 closer for much of the season, but struggled over his past seven outings, giving up 11 earned runs over 4 2\/3 innings while blowing two saves. For the season, he has a 6.23 ERA and 24 saves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/W7HRA3IN4ZEOTCHS3DILQ33YR4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Paul Sewald throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Daniel Kucin Jr.)(Daniel Kucin Jr. | AP Photo\/Daniel Kucin Jr.)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 The Arizona Diamondbacks added some reinforcements to their pitching staff on Monday with Michael Soroka&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2398],"tags":[5,95601,74056,95599,95600,1353,4,3537,415,95602,95598,414,71,4222,5170],"class_list":["post-775734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-nationals","tag-baseball","tag-dbacks-closer","tag-dbacks-news","tag-dbacks-pitchers","tag-dbacks-trade","tag-michael-soroka","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-news","tag-nationals","tag-paul-sewald-blown-saves","tag-paul-sewald-dbacks","tag-washington","tag-washington-nationals","tag-washingtonnationals","tag-zack-littell"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117076037724060949","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}