For the first time since his lone all-star appearance in 2015, Boxberger is back in the closer role, this time for a new team in the Arizona Diamondbacks. He has 12 saves in 13 chances, the best save percentage among the league’s ten closers with as many saves or more. Boxberger was traded to the Dimondbacks after injuries cost him the job in Tampa Bay and shortened each of his last two seasons.
He racked up a pair of strikeouts and threw a scoreless 9th Wednesday in a loss to the Milwaukee Brewers—there hasn’t been a save opportunity in Arizona’s last 11 games, so the team wanted Boxberger to get some work in.