D-backs acquire Brad Ziegler from the Marlins for Tommy Eveld

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired RHP Brad Ziegler (@BradZiegler) from the Miami Marlins for RHP Tommy Eveld. To make room for Ziegler on the 40-man roster, the D-backs transferred RHP Shelby Miller (right elbow inflammation) to the 60-day disabled list.

July 31st, 2018

PHOENIX - The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired RHP Brad Ziegler (@BradZiegler) from the Miami Marlins for RHP Tommy Eveld. To make room for Ziegler on the 40-man roster, the D-backs transferred RHP Shelby Miller (right elbow inflammation) to the 60-day disabled list.u5:p
                        
Ziegler, 38, leads all Major League relievers since June 5 (min. 10.0 IP) in ground-ball pct. (82.1) and appearances (28) and is tied for second in ERA (0.64) with the Houston Astros' Tony Sipp, trailing only the New York Yankees' Dellin Betances (0.47). Ziegler also ranks among National League relievers in 2018 in appearances (T-1st, 53), ground-ball pct. (2nd, 74.0), ground ball-to-fly ball ratio (2nd, 6.00) and grounded into double plays (T-2nd, 11). On the season, he is 1-5 with 10 saves, 11 holds, a 3.98 ERA (23 ER in 52.0 IP), .254 opponent average and 37 strikeouts in 53 appearances.u5:p
                        
Ziegler, who was recently named to the D-backs' 20th Anniversary Team, owns numerous club career records, including the most wins (21), innings pitched (335.2) and appearances (348) by a reliever, and is second in ERA (2.49) and holds (65), sixth in opponent on-base pct. (.294) and tied for 11th in opponent average (.230) [min. 75.0 IP]. He pitched 6 seasons with Arizona from 2011-16, going 21-11 with 62 saves, 65 holds and a 2.49 ERA (93 ER in 335.2 IP), .230 opponent average and 218 strikeouts. In 2015, Ziegler set the D-backs' single-season reliever record with a 93.8 save pct. (30-for-32), while his 1.85 ERA, then a club record, is now second to Archie Bradley's 1.73 mark in 2017.u5:p
                        
Since 2011, Ziegler ranks among Major League relievers in grounded into double plays (1st, 93), ground balls (1st, 1,054), ground ball-to-fly ball ratio (2nd, 5.64), ground-ball pct. (2nd, 70.1), appearances (2nd, 530) and innings pitched (3rd, 512.0).u5:p
                        
In 11 Major League seasons with the Oakland A's (2008-11), D-backs (2011-16), Boston Red Sox (2016) and Marlins (2017-18), he is 36-37 with 105 saves, 138 holds, a 2.72 ERA (210 ER in 695.2 IP), .248 opponent average and 466 strikeouts in 710 appearances. Ziegler compiled a Major League-record 39.0 scoreless innings streak to begin his career from May 31-Aug. 12, 2008.u5:p
                        
Eveld, 24, was 3-2 with 13 saves and a 1.11 ERA (5 ER in 40.2 IP) in 35 combined games with Single-A Advanced Visalia and Double-A Jackson in 2018. He was drafted by the D-backs in the ninth round in the 2016 First-Year Player Draft.u5:p
                        
Miller, 27, was placed on the 10-day disabled list on July 12 after being removed from his start the previous day at the Colorado Rockies. He is 0-4 with an 11.40 ERA (19 ER in 15.0 IP) in 4 starts with the D-backs this season.u5:p
                        
The D-backs' 40-man roster remains at 40.u5:p
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