Brad Gregory Ziegler (twitter: @bradziegler)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 10, 1979 in Pratt, KS
High School: Odessa HS (Odessa, MO)
School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 2008 (Age 28)   vs. TEX 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Diamondbacks 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.15M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.122, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Icon Sports Management [*]
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• 1/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Allen Being Shopped, Gomes Being Bought: Today we learn from Jerry Crasnick of ESPN that the A’s are looking to shop first baseman Brandon Allen whom the club acquired...
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• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Scoring a Safety: Jonathan Lucroy executes a perfect safety squeeze in the bottom of the sixth, and the Brewers take the lead back, 5-4. Brad Ziegler...

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• 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Fister, Harden, Adams, Orioles: The odds say the Red Sox have a 94.5% chance of making the playoffs, but I'm guessing that's not going to console most Red Sox...

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• 8/18 Venom Strikes: Third Quarter Dbacks Review: Brad Ziegler: With now just under 40 games left in the regular season, we are in the home stretch, the final quarter of the 2011 season. It...
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• 8/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Brandon Allen Era Begins: The Athletics demoted two players today including Jordan Norberto and Adam Rosales. Replacing them are two 2011 trade acquisitions:...
• 8/6 Venom Strikes: Brad Ziegler Talks About Joining the DiamondbacksNewly acquired reliever Brad Ziegler was interviewed by local media … [visit site to read more]...
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• 5/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Orioles @ A’s Game 53: 7:57PM PDT: Single to left by Adam Jones scores Craig Tatum – walk comes back to haunt Oakland. Bad throw from Josh Willingham,...
• 5/28 B-R Blog: Joey Devine: No Earned Runs in Last 30.1 IP since 2008: Oakland reliever Joey Devine is back after reconstructive elbow surgery that cost him the entire 2009-10 seasons. Devine finished...
• 5/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Orioles @ A’s Game 52: 7:56PM PDT: David DeJesus comes through with a line drive to left off of the glove of Reynolds that allows Mark Ellis to score...
• 5/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Andrew Bailey Return Imminent ?: Buster Olney tweeted today that the waylaid A’s closer whose absence has created quite the role-related firestorm in the...
• 5/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 49: 7:54PM PDT: Guillermo Moscoso isn’t so bad at that run over to first, he’s done a good job on some pretty fast guys...
• 5/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: “Live Blogging”: A’s @ Giants Game 46: 6:30PM PDT: 133rd pitch (highest pitch total in MLB this season) is a strike to set down Ryan Sweeney. Bob Geren is outmanaged...
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• 5/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s@ Giants Game 45: 7:58PM PDT: He had the green light, ground out to second base. 7:57PM PDT: Trevor Cahill due up, in spring training they wouldn’t...
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• 5/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Bats Can’t Come Through – Again: Again, as I was in Nashville didn’t get to watch the final game of this three game set, but did listen to it in the car....
• 5/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rangers Game 36: 9:50PM CDT: Ballgame over. A’s win 7-2. The A’s for the first time in 2011 are two games above .500 at 19-17! Trevor...
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• 4/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 24: 5:25PM PDT: Another three up-three down inning for Tyson Ross as he gets Hank Conger to strike out swinging to end the fifth....
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• 4/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 16: 2:28PM PDT: Paul from Hayward gets the “Ask Glen and Ray” question and asks (and I kid you not) “what is a crooked...
• 4/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 14: 7:28PM PDT: Ouch. Hideki Matsui grounds it straight to Ramon Santiago who then throws on to Miguel Cabrera to complete the 6-3...
• 4/14 Giants Nirvana: Mike Kickham Q&A - Ten Questions: San Francisco Giants prospect Mike Kickham is a left-handed pitcher currently with the San Jose Giants. He was drafted out of...
• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Two relievers to see more action: Oakland Athletics RPs Brad Ziegler and Craig Breslow are expected to start making more appearances on a regular basis, according...[+] to Joe Stiglich of the Contra Costa Times.
• 4/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ White Sox Game 12: 1:01PM CDT: Brett Anderson and John Danks, two big lefties in the rubber match of the series. The two games have been heartbreakers,...
• 4/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ White Sox Game 11: 7:26PM CDT: Omar Vizquel gets a bloop single into center, hit number 2,802 of his career. Vizquel is the only player left who...
• 4/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Blue Jays Game 5: 8:27PM EDT: Strange misplay by David DeJesus. This play isn’t an error but still represents the poor defense that has thus...
• 4/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Michael Wuertz to the DL: As reported earlier Tyson Ross was called up this morning amid uncertainty over whether or not this had something to do with a...
• 4/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Tyson Ross Gets Promoted: Maybe I am right? The other day when discussing the flipping of Dallas Braden and Brandon McCarthy in the rotation I was su****...
• 4/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Curious Case of Bob Geren’s Bullpen: On Athletics Nation there was an interesting discussion regarding the use of the bullpen in last night’s opening day mess....
• 4/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Defense commits five errors Friday: The Oakland Athletics committed five errors in their game against the Seattle Mariners Friday, April 1, according to The Associated...[+] Press. 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff made two errors and 1B Daric Barton, SS Cliff Pennington and RP Brad Ziegler had one apiece. It was the Athletics' first five-error game since July 6, 2007, also against the Mariners.

• 3/31 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Giants Sweep Bay Bridge Series to End Spring: Dallas Braden and Madison Bumgarner both pitched a great game today in San Francisco at AT&T Park as both clubs wrapped up...
• 3/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Brandon McCarthy Named Fifth Starter: Brandon McCarthy was named the fifth starter today by Bob Geren. I don’t think really comes a surprise especially after...
• 3/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Sweeney Homers and CoJax Has Two-Hit Day: A night after the A’s fell 18-1 as the White Sox took batting practice at Camelback Ranch off A’s pitching, the A’s...
• 3/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Cubs @ A’s ST Game 21: 2:33PM PDT: One pitch to Alfonso Soriano, and one lead loss. Ouch. Cubs 3-2 on Alfonso dinger off Ziggy. 2:31PM PDT: Geovany Soto...
• 3/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Andrew Bailey unlikely to be ready: Although there is no timetable for Oakland Athletics RP Andrew Bailey's (forearm) return to the mound, he is unlikely to be ready...[+] for Opening Day after straining his forearm Monday, March 14, according to MLB.com's Jane Lee. Fuentes, who has not given up a run in five outings this spring, is the likely candidate to take over the closer's role while Bailey recovers. However, the team could use a closer-by-committee approach when the season opens based on matchups. RPs Grant Balfour, Michael Wuertz, Brad Ziegler, Craig Breslow and Joey Devine could be possibilities.
• 3/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A New Kind of Bullpen: As any regular reader of this blog would know, I am not a fan of the modern bullpen and think that much work needs to be done...
• 3/15 MLB Fantasy Recon: Andrew Bailey to see Dr. James Andrews 3/15/11: We all know what that could mean.  Andrew Bailey's season could be in jeopardy.  Jon Morosi of Fox Sports is reporting...
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brad Ziegler sporting new pitch: Oakland Athletics RP Brad Ziegler has begun throwing a two-seam fastball, which ends up sinking as a result of his sidearm delivery,...[+] and the pitch could help him remain in the bullpen, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. 'I can't take anything for granted,' said Ziegler. 'I don't want to have a job because it's been handed to me, anyway.'
• 3/9 Mastersball.com: Michael Taylor getting better for the A's: The Oakland Athletics took on the San Diego Padres, Tuesday, under blue skies and strong winds, but despite the breeze the team...
• 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Down Friars, Cahill Gets People Out: Trevor Cahill was much improved as he tossed four shutout innings helping the A’s defeat the San Diego Padres who were visiting...
• 3/8 StLCards.net: Season Preview: AL West: Let’s start with the division that is probably the most removed from the Cardinals. They don’t play any of the 4 teams...
• 3/6 Mastersball.com: Cactus League Notes (3/5): Under a beautiful sky of sun, with a gentle breeze, the Bay Area teams--that would be the Giants and the Athletics--squared off...
• 3/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Giants @ A’s ST Game 7: 1:16PM MDT: Andy LaRoche is up, haven’t been able to gauge his ability yet at short, but so far this spring you gotta be...
• 3/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Indians @ A’s ST Game 4: 1:20 PM MDT: Kevin Kouzmanoff comes through, it’d be nice to see that all year long. 1:18 PM MDT: Bases juiced for Hideki!...

• 2/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Revisiting the “Moneyball Draft”: The book Moneyball focused a lot of attention on the 2002 Amateur Draft and the A’s and Billy Beane in particular’s...
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Three relievers scheduled for Sunday: Oakland Athletics RPs Joey Devine, Danny Farquhar and Brad Ziegler are scheduled to work in relief in Cactus League action Sunday,...[+] Feb. 27, reports Jane Lee, of MLB.com.
• 2/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Several slated for Thursday's intrasquad game: Oakland Athletics Ps Trevor Cahill, Bobby Cramer, Joey Devine, Danny Farquhar, Josh Outman, Tyson Ross and Brad Ziegler are scheduled...[+] to pitch in an intrasquad game Thursday, Feb. 24, and in the Cactus League opener Sunday, Feb. 27, reports Susan Slusser, of the San Francisco Chronicle.
• 2/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Wuertz Case Scenario?: Susan Slusser tweeted that Michael Wuertz has a “little shoulder issue” and will be sitting out the next few days...
• 2/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: First Official Workout Done. Let’s Start Playing Some Ball!: The A’s had their first workout and the big news of the day was Kurt Suzuki‘s new goatee. Otherwise Susan Slusser...
• 2/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: My Questions Going into Spring Training: Mychael Urban and Jane Lee both had their questions going into Spring Training. These are my questions I have going into Spring...
• 2/1 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: It Has Been No Holliday: As promised here sometime recently, I said I would analyze the trades and associated trades involved with Matt Holliday and his...

• 1/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Arbitration Contemplation: Craig Breslow: The Athletics and LHP Craig Breslow exchanged arbitration numbers today Jane Lee of MLB.com reported that the figures were $1.15M...
• 1/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Where is the Infield Depth?: Everyone knows that Oakland needed impact bats in their lineup this offseason and the acquisitions of Hideki Matsui, Josh Willingham...
• 1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Athletics To Sign Brian Fuentes: The Athletics have agreed to terms with Brian Fuentes on a two-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told the Associated...
• 1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/9/11 - 11/15/11: It's time to take a look back at the week that was.. The biggest surprise of the week was arguably the Yankees' signing of...
• 1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Athletics Close To Deal With Brian Fuentes: The Athletics are close to finalizing a deal with Brian Fuentes, reports Steve Phillips of AOL FanHouse (on Twitter). We heard...
• 1/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brad Ziegler avoids arbitration: The Oakland Athletics and RP Brad Ziegler agreed on a one-year contract to avoid arbitration, according to The Sports Network....[+] No financial details were disclosed.
• 1/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brad Ziegler contract terms: Updating a previous item, MLB.com's Jane Lee reports Oakland Athletics RP Brad Ziegler will make $1.25 million under his 2011...[+] contract.
• 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: Athletics Avoid Arbitration With Brad Ziegler: The Athletics and Brad Ziegler have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $1.25MM, reports ESPN's Buster Olney...
• 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: Athletics Pushing To Sign Brian Fuentes: Despite agreeing to sign Grant Balfour, the Athletics still aren't done trying to upgrade their bullpen. Ken Rosenthal of FOX...
• 1/14 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Athletics Sign Grant Balfour: Grant Balfour signs a two-year deal with the A's. (Getty) The Oakland Athletics were once again busy this off-season, as...
• 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Six still eligible for arbitration: The Oakland Athletics have six players still eligible for the arbitration process, according to MLB.com's Jane Lee. Players eligible...[+] include SP Dallas Braden, RP Craig Breslow, RP Brad Ziegler, OF Josh Willingham, OF Conor Jackson and 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff.

• 12/30 The Process Report: Pointless Rosterbation Thread of The Offseason: Purely rosterbatory in nature. No shred of truth (to my knowledge) that the Rays are interested in these players or that their...
• 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: A's, Joey Devine Avoid Arbitration: The A's announced that they agreed to a one-year contract with Joey Devine, avoiding arbitration. The 27-year-old right-hander missed...

• 11/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Travis Buck, Brad Ziegler arbitration eligible: Oakland Athletics OF Travis Buck and RP Brad Ziegler have earned 'Super Two' status this offseason, which means they will be eligible...[+] for arbitration for the first time, according to MLB.com's Jane Lee.
• 11/4 MLBTradeRumors: Jay Bruce Gets Super Two Status: Reds right fielder Jay Bruce has officially qualified for Super Two status, according to Mark Sheldon of MLB.com.  The Reds expected...

• 10/7 Baseball Musings: Meeting the Umpires: The MLBPA is trying to put together a meeting between the league, the players and the umpires: What the players would like to...
• 10/1 WalkOff Walk: This Tweet In Baseball: Jocular Jocks Jaw It Up: It's the last week of the regular season and our favorite players are doing one of two things: either getting ready for the playoffs...

• 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brad Ziegler blows save Wednesday: Oakland Athletics RP Brad Ziegler blew the save against the Chicago White Sox Wednesday, Sept. 22, according to The Associated...[+] Press. The team did not have any left-handed pitchers available for the ninth inning.
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Anderson Stays Hot: Brett Anderson allowed the White Sox one run over 6 2/3 innings, lowering his ERA to 1.59 for the month of September. Overall,...
• 9/14 B-R Blog: 10+ Scoreless Games Streak By RP To Start Career: Using the data in Play Index, I decided to look at which relief pitchers had the most games in a row with " BF>=1 AND R=0"...
• 9/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brad Ziegler hit by piece of splintered bat: Oakland Athletics RP Brad Ziegler (back) was hit behind the right shoulder on his back by a piece of splintered bat Friday, Sept....[+] 3, in a game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, according to The Associated Press. He felt sore afterward but only had a scratch.

• 7/28 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Phillies, Indians, Ross, Athletics: Today's rumblings from ESPN's Jayson Stark... Shane Victorino's oblique injury yesterday appears to close the door on a Jayson...
• 7/23 Darn this Gold Glove: Games 93-95 Recap or Are the A's as Good as the Red Sox?: Boston 2, Oakland 1 (WPA Graph from Fangraphs)Oakland 5, Boston 4 (10) (WPA Graph from Fangraphs)Oakland 6, Boston 4 (WPA Graph...
• 7/2 Darn this Gold Glove: Games 78 & 79 Recap or Two Games, Many Oddities, More Geren Criticism: Tuesday: Oakland 4, Baltimore 2 (WPA Graph from Fangraphs)Wednesday: Baltimore 9, Oakland 6 (WPA Graph from Fangraphs)A's Current...

• 6/30 Darn this Gold Glove: Game 77 Recap or Thank You, Pirates: Oakland 3, Pittsburgh 2 (WPA Graph from Fangraphs)A's Current Record: 37-40Ah, the hapless Pirates, the cure for whatever ails...
• 6/6 Baseball Musings: Walking Morneau: If I were the GM, and my field manager did this, I would fire him: The A’s thought they had a plan to shut down Minnesota...

• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brad Ziegler earns win Friday: Oakland Athletics RP Brad Ziegler (2-2) was credited with the victory against the Detroit Tigers Friday, May 28, according to...[+] The Associated Press. He allowed one hit in one scoreless inning of relief.
• 5/29 TetreaultVision: Take me Back from the Ballgame May 28, 2010: It was a grand (slam) night around the big leagues 7 St. Louis Cardinals Recap W: Chris Carpenter L: Randy...