D-Backs bolster bullpen at deadline

Get Ziegler from Miami, Diekman from Texas

PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks brought back a familiar sidearm right-hander and acquired a left-hander who happened to be just down the hall in a pair of trade deadline moves designed to bolster the bullpen.

Brad Ziegler, who pitched for Arizona from 2011 to 2016 and holds several club relief records, was traded back to the Diamondbacks by Miami in exchange for minor league right-hander Tommy Eveld.

Arizona also picked up left-hander Jake Diekman from the Texas Ranger for minor league pitcher Wei-Chieh Huang. It didn’t take long for Diekman to show up at his new locker. He gathered his belongings from the visitor’s clubhouse and accepted a Diamondbacks offer to give him a ride in the bullpen cart to his new home.

“They asked,” he said, “and I was like ‘Yeah, I don’t want to carry all of my stuff.”

Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said the moves were made to supplement the bullpen but would not change the roles of the “big three” of Yoshihisa Hirano, Archie Bradley and closer Brad Boxberger.

The moves follow a pair of other Arizona trades in recent days. They acquired infielder Eduardo Escobar from Minnesota for three minor leaguers and got right-hander Matt Andriese from Tampa Bay for two prospects.

“When you walk in and you see all these moves being made,” Bradley said, “you know that your coaching staff, your front office, they believe in you and they think you have a chance to go do something more than just play out the rest of the year . ... We’re