Source: De La Rosa returning to D-backs

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The D-backs have decided to bring back Rubby De La Rosa for 2017, as a source has confirmed to MLB.com that the club has signed the right-handed pitcher to a Minor League deal after non-tendering him in December.

The club has not confirmed the signing.

Arizona has hopes to convert De La Rosa from a starter to a reliever in an effort to limit his trips to the disabled list. The 27-year-old native of the Dominican Republic underwent Tommy John surgery in 2011 and missed most of the final four months of the 2016 …

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