Diamondbacks sign Diaz

North Shore Twins and Coquitlam Reds alum Indigo Diaz (Vancouver, B.C.) has been signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Photo: Baseball Canada

January 9, 2026

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed right-hander Indigo Diaz (North Vancouver, B.C.) to a minor league contract.

The team announced the transaction on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old right-hander enjoyed an excellent season with the New York Yankees’ double-A Somerset Patriots in 2025, going 8-3 with a 2.58 ERA in 42 relief appearances. He had six saves and struck out 46 batters in 52 1/3 innings. That was his best of three seasons in the Yankees’ organization after being acquired from the Atlanta Braves on December 28, 2022.

Chosen by the Braves in the 27th round of the 2019 MLB draft out of Michigan State University, the 6-foot-5 righty made his pro debut with the Braves’ Gulf Coast League club the same year.

After not pitching in 2020 due to the pandemic, Diaz was lights out in 2021, posting a combined 1.20 ERA while striking out 83 batters in 45 innings in 32 appearances between High A and double-A.

He followed that up by going 3-4 with four saves and a 3.08 ERA in 49 relief appearances with the double-A Mississippi Braves in 2022.

The North Shore Twins and Coquitlam Reds alum made his national team debut with Canada in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. In two relief appearances, he allowed one run and fanned four in 3 1/3 innings. He plans to pitch for Canada again at this year’s WBC.