{"id":419872,"date":"2025-12-02T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/419872\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:38:10","slug":"mets-still-pursuing-edwin-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/419872\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Still Pursuing Edwin D\u00edaz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec. 2:\u00a0<\/strong> While the Mets do still hope to re-sign D\u00edaz, there\u2019s been a gap in talks. Will Sammon of The Athletic reports<\/a> that while D\u00edaz has indeed been seeking a five-year pact, the Mets\u2019 preference has been to limit the commitment to a three-year term (presumably at a top-of-the-market annual value).<\/p>\n

Dec. 1:<\/strong> The Mets are adding Devin Williams<\/a><\/strong> to the back of their bullpen on a three-year contract<\/a>. That gives them an established closer if\u00a0Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a><\/strong> signs elsewhere, but it apparently won\u2019t completely shut the door on D\u00edaz staying in Queens.<\/p>\n

Anthony DiComo of MLB.com<\/a> was among those to report that the Mets still have interest in re-signing D\u00edaz. It seems Williams is on board with that plan, as DiComo writes that the new signee is open to pitching in a setup capacity if the Mets bring back their incumbent closer. D\u00edaz rejected a qualifying offer and is reportedly seeking a deal in the five-year, $100MM range. At last month\u2019s award ceremony, the three-time All-Star put the chance of a reunion<\/a> around 50-50. \u201cIf they came with the best deal for me, I\u2019d enjoy to stay with them,\u201d D\u00edaz told reporters at the time, \u201cbut at the end of the day, I don\u2019t know what they\u2019re thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Williams signing presumably reduces the odds of a D\u00edaz return. The Mets might feel more comfortable walking away and collecting a compensatory draft pick now that they no longer need a closer. Yet they certainly still need to add in the late innings.\u00a0Tyler Rogers<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ryan Helsley<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Gregory Soto<\/a><\/strong> and Ryne Stanek<\/a><\/strong> also all hit free agency. If Williams were penciled into the ninth, Huascar Brazoban<\/a><\/strong> would be their most established right-handed setup man. They should bring in another two high-leverage relievers at least.<\/p>\n

D\u00edaz is also simply an upgrade over Williams in the ninth inning. While there\u2019s reason for optimism in the latter\u2019s track record and underlying metrics, he\u2019s a bit of a gamble coming off an uneven year with the Yankees. D\u00edaz has no such concerns, as he posted a 1.63 earned run average while striking out 38% of opponents across 66 1\/3 innings last season. He went 28-31 in save chances. That\u2019ll be reflected in their respective contracts, but the bullpen would look a lot more formidable with Williams in the eighth and D\u00edaz back in the ninth.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays are the only other team that has been publicly linked to D\u00edaz this offseason. Teams like the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, Tigers, Red Sox, Cubs, Diamondbacks and Angels could also be in the mix for high-leverage bullpen help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 2:\u00a0 While the Mets do still hope to re-sign D\u00edaz, there\u2019s been a gap in talks. Will…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":419873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[31972,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-419872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-edwin-diaz","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115650960186958271","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}