Back in 2016, much like this year, fans all around Boston were calling for Dave Dombrowski to acquire a late-inning set-up man. He didn’t make a headline-grabbing acquisition, but as it turns out he made one of his best trades in his Red Sox tenure. Dealing with Arizona, Dombrowski acquired the funky-throwing Brad Ziegler in exchange for Luis Alejandro Basabe and Jose Almonte. To this day, I remain convinced that Dombrowski swindled the Diamondbacks into trading for the wrong Basabe twin. I will never be convinced that this is incorrect. Either way, Ziegler came in and stabilized the eighth for Boston, pitching to a sub-2.
MLB Roundup 10/11: Brad Ziegler retires
