Mets’ Edwin Diaz finishes thrilling six-out save to top Phillies
The Mets have been cautious with closer Edwin Diaz for most of the season after Diaz missed all of last year due to knee surgery. Those days are over now, with the team needing every win. And against the Phillies, the closer performed well for the second straight game. Edwin Diaz recorded the final two […]
Brandon Nimmo, Edwin Diaz lift Mets to series win over Phillies
The idea of arriving in Atlanta for the penultimate series of the regular season with a slim chance of a playoff berth was probably easier for the Mets to swallow when they last left Atlanta in April. Now the Mets get a bonus package. They are in the driver's seat. The final business before the […]
Mets’ Edwin Diaz, Reed Garrett, Jose Butto silence Nationals
The past two days have been disappointing for the Mets, and while the offense was largely to blame, their relief pitchers also underperformed and led to some heartbreaking losses. Monday night produced a different outcome that would not have been possible without the perfect work of three key relief pitchers. Jose Butto, Edwin Diaz and […]
Edwin Diaz has found his Mets groove again
TORONTO — Edwin Diaz's season has been on a downward spiral after he was lost in back-to-back starts at Arizona last month, and the Mets are right along with it. Questions from when Diaz struggled earlier this season have begun to resurface: Has he lost his confidence? Is he physically OK? Ever since Corbin Carroll's […]
Edwin Diaz makes history with brother in electric Mets outing
With the score tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, a heartwarming turn of events unfolded. Edwin Diaz took the mound and struck out three batters on 14 pitches before leaving the field, his focus still on the mound. Reds right-hander Alexis Diaz took over for Edwin and was a bit outplayed, giving up […]
Mets seeing ‘locked-in’ Edwin Diaz again in rebound from rough road trip
The first four pitches Edwin Diaz threw in the ninth inning were fastballs outside the strike zone. But just when it looked like the Mets' closer was about to slip back into the trouble he'd had in consecutive games on the recent road trip, Diaz came back to get the final three outs in an […]
Edwin Diaz looked like completely different closer in Mets’ win
PHOENIX — Edwin Diaz made it look like a very easy win Thursday. This wasn't a closer who'd collapsed after allowing a game-changing home run the night before or three days before that. Three Diamondbacks batters came to bat in the ninth inning, and Diaz retired all three, including two by striking out, as the […]
Edwin Diaz blows another big save in Mets’ brutal loss to Diamondbacks
PHOENIX — Edwin Diaz was called for a four-out save Wednesday, sending the Mets into a coyote-infested desert night. Diaz, in a nod to his bad old season-destroying days in May, walked the first two batters he faced before giving up a game-winning grand slam to Corbin Carroll. The Mets were unable to bounce back […]
Mets settle for split with Padres as Edwin Diaz, bullpen falter in loss
SAN DIEGO — The Mets needed five outs Sunday to cap off a strong few days in perfect weather and pull ahead of two of the top three teams in the wild-card standings. All was going well until Jose Bhutto walked Matt McCoy, then a few minutes later Bhutto watched Jurickson Profar round the bases […]
Edwin Diaz calls out Austin Adams for mocking Mets’ ‘OMG’ celebration
Austin Adams decided to have a little fun on Tuesday night at the expense of the Mets, where he pitched in spring training before being sold to the Athletics before the start of the season. Adams was called into relief with a runner on second and no outs after the Mets had already cut a […]