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Diamondbacks focus on bullpen over starting pitching with trades for Brad Ziegler, Jake Diekman

Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Mike Hazen talks about his team's trade deadline moves. Atreya Verma, The Republic | azcentral.com

With asking prices they deemed too high to add to the rotation prior to Tuesday’s non-waiver trade deadline, the Diamondbacks did what they felt was the next best thing: They added to the bullpen, acquiring a pair of pitchers they hope will lighten the load on the club’s back-end relievers and help shorten the game for the starting staff.

In a mid-morning deal with the Miami Marlins, the Diamondbacks reunited with right-hander Brad Ziegler, a sidearming, ground-ball specialist who spent parts of six seasons with the organization earlier in his career.