Marlins deal a pair
Ziegler, Maybin traded to Arizona, Seattle.
Just hours after making its first move ahead of Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline, the Marlins struck another deal.
Miami traded outfielder Cameron Maybin to the Seattle Mariners for minor league shortstop Bryson Brigman and international bonus money. Playing for High-A Modesto, Brigman, 23, is hitting .304 with 13 doubles, seven triples and 38 RBI in 98 games this season.
Seattle’s third-round pick in 2016, Brigman is rated as the team’s 19th-best prospect by MLB.com. He previously played college baseball at the University of San Diego.
“We’re talking about a middle-of-the-field talent,” Michael Hill, Marlins president of baseball operations said in a conference call. “A consistent theme we’ve shown through free agency, through our trades, through the draft — we like athletic middle-of-the-field talent. Brigman was a 2018 midseason all star and we’re happy to add another middle infielder into the mix.”
The Marlins traded reliever Brad Ziegler to Arizona for Double-A reliever Tommy Eveld just hours earlier.
A 12-year MLB veteran, Maybin signed a one-year contract worth $3.25 million with Miami prior to the season. The 31-year-old is hitting .251 with three home runs, 20 RBI and eight stolen bases in 251 at bats this year.
Maybin joins a Mariners team that’s right in the thick of the playoff hunt. Seattle currently holds a wild-card spot and is just three games back of the Houston Astros in the AL West race.