For a team which finished below .500 last year (79-82), the Florida Marlins have been particularly aggressive in terms of pursing bullpen help this year. They were linked to both of the big two names - Aroldis Chapman and Kenley Jansen - only to lose them to the Yankees and Dodgers respectively. But they finally got their man, signing Brad Ziegler to a two-year contract worth $16 million, plus potentially up to another $2 million in incentives.
He’ll join another recent signing Junichi Tazawa in the Marlins’ bullpen. It’s not clear whether Ziegler will replace A.J. Ramos, who was apparently the anointed closer: obviously, Z closed for Arizona, but moved further back in the Red Sox bullpen after his trade to Boston.