PT TOMORROW: NL West—Ziegler departing the desert?

Arizona Diamondbacks

After pouring considerable resources into a potential 2016 run, it's safe to say that things haven't worked out in the desert this season. The club sits over 15 games back in the NL West, and while they're still set up for 2017, look for Arizona to be quasi-sellers at the deadline.

Brad Ziegler (RHP, ARI) and Daniel Hudson (RHP, ARI) will be free agents at the end of the season, and there have been whispers of a potential trade involving either one—or both. Ziegler has been the club's closer since the start of 2015, and despite a soft-tossing Dom, he's been one of the better relievers in baseball with sub-3.00 ERAs in five of his last six seasons.

Hudson has been widely regarded as ARI's fallback option behind...

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