Sources: D-backs add Soroka to reeling rotation

The Arizona Diamondbacks and right-hander Mike Soroka agreed Monday to a one-year, $7.5 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers.

Soroka is expected to slide into Arizona’s reeling starting rotation, which lost Corbin Burnes to Tommy John surgery in June, lost Merrill Kelly at the trade deadline, and is expected to lose Zac Gallen in free agency this offseason.

Washington Nationals before he was sent to the Chicago Cubs at trade deadline.

But he landed on the injured list with a strained right shoulder in early August and missed a month. The setback limited him to five relief appearances and one start for the Cubs during the regular season before pitching out of the bullpen twice in the postseason.