To the surprise of many, the Marlins still hadn’t made a move with just hours remaining prior to the non-waiver trade deadline at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. But they finally broke the ice by flipping veteran reliever Brad Ziegler to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league RHP Tommy Eveld.
The former college quarterback and wide receiver at USF stands at 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds. After tearing his ACL in 2014, Eveld decided he was done with football, so he walked onto the baseball team during his junior year. After not even stepping onto a baseball field after 10th grade, he ended up dominating at the college ranks and was drafted the next year in the ninth round of the 2016 draft.