This is not meant to be deeply analytical, predictive, projecting, or anything else. It’s just an observation and a summary of the obvious. Since being acquired the 3 veteran relievers the Diamondbacks picked up at the trade deadline, Brad Zieger, Jake Diekman, and Matt Andriese, have not pitched very well. They’ve each had at least 1 or 2 blowup games in their short tenures and just have not looked very stable or dependable.
When you pick up veteran guys like this, there is an expectation of dependability and most of us thought/hoped we would be getting upgrades not only over the relievers that were let go, (Jorge De La Rosa & Randall Delgado), but also over the minor league options on the 40 man such as Silvino Bracho, as well as “3 depth guys” Jake Barrett, Jimmie Sherfy, and Joey Krehbiel.