Brad Ziegler

MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH The long dry spell is over. Brandon McCarthy won his first game since being struck in the head by a line drive on Sept. 5, 2012, and posted his first shutout since almost exactly a year before...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH The Diamondbacks showed signs that they are starting to produce with runners in scoring position. Eric Chavez drove in three runs with a pair of two-out hits with runners in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Ian Kennedy understands that his job every fifth day is to give his team a chance to win a game. Everything else is secondary. That did not mean that Kennedy did...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Diamondbacks third baseman Eric Chavez shares a special bond with Atlanta right-hander Tim Hudson from their time together in Oakland, but that did not stop Chavez from a big...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Left-hander Patrick Corbin has been the model of consistency this year. He's the only pitcher in the major leagues to pitch at least six innings and give up two runs or fewer in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Brandon McCarthy pitched his best game of the season without any doubt Sunday, but the bullpen cost him a chance for his first victory since Aug. 30, 2012. Heath Bell...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH D-backs closer J.J. Putz has a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament, Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said Thursday, but the injury will not require surgery. It seemed like a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Shortstop Didi Gregorius was acquired to be an everyday player, and it appears that time has come. Gregorius had two hits Thursday while making his fifth consecutive start in 2-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Some wondered why the Diamondbacks would add another closer this winter when they acquired Heath Bell in a three-team trade for a bullpen that featured closer J.J. Putz and heir...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH The Diamondbacks saved a game but may have lost a closer in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Closer J.J. Putz was forced to leave a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers with right elbow discomfort...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH There is not much of a shelf life for 40-save seasons, it appears, at least in San Diego. Heath Bell got as much grief as applause in his first appearance in Petco Park with the D-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH J.J. Putz is and will be the Diamondbacks' closer, manager Kirk Gibson reiterated in San Diego over the weekend, but Putz may not be the only reliever used in save situations going...