Diaz to the Dodgers

[metirish]

Edwin Diaz and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a deal, league source tells The Athletic.

Will Sammon

[Gwreck]

Rosenthal reporting that it’s 3 years.

This feels like a massive screwup by the Mets.

[kcmets]

Three years, haven't seen a $$$ figure yet.

[metirish]

Three years, haven't seen a $$$ figure yet.

 

$69 million apparently

[metirish]

SNY reports the 3 years for $69 , that's wild , curious to see if the Mets did anything on him

[kcmets]

That's muchas dinero!

Not sure he's worth $70 million at this point.

[Gwreck]

Devin Williams: 3/$51

Diaz: 3/$69

Will be very interesting to look back and see what the numbers are 3 years from now. I am in fierce disagreement with the Mets’ approach here.

[metirish]

If the Mets balked at 5 years I would get that, if the Dodgers had given him 5 years and $100 million+ I would get that, but 3 years ? Come on

[Centerfield]

Brutal mistake by the Mets.

The first time in the Stearns era that I question whether he's the right guy to run this team. Letting Diaz go to the Dodgers on a three year deal is inexcusable.

[Edgy MD]

Met pockets being picked left and right these days.

[duan]

I thought Edwin Diaz was great fun. I loved Narco, and he was at times a brilliant closer, but I trust people who know more about it then I do to make the judgement.

There is plenty of people who report that Diaz' peripherals are on the way down south and that he's potentially very close to becoming a somewhat lesser version of himself. Leaving aside the fact that he's had bad runs already. Devin Williams had a bad April but otherwise was there or there abouts the best reliever in baseball for the last couple of years.

I'm not sure what the actual best way to judge a reliever's production is - it probably isn't ERA - but I think I'd be 60/40 to saying Devin Williams will be better then Diaz over the next 3 years and therefore if you think that's what you're getting and it's 18 million cheaper then there you go.

All that being said, I wish the industry wasn't so obsessed with roles and $ because it sure was fun to have him to play for us.

[smg58]

It's the first time in the Cohen era that the team has hesitated over money, which is surprising. It's not that I necessarily expect Diaz to be worth $18M more than Williams over the next three years -- that's actually a pretty tall order -- it's that I wouldn't have thought Cohen cared.

[metirish]

Cohen had an $8.5 billion casino to think about now , I'm sure when he bought the Mets that casino was a long-term project

[Centerfield]

I'm still in shock. A three year deal.

Why on earth do you let the best closer in the game walk to team you're trying to beat.

Absolutely ridiculous. I can't believe those idiot Stearns haters were right.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I agree with the general consensus here.

If the Dodgers had offered too many years or too much money I can see the Mets passing. But they really didn't do either.

Unless maybe Diaz really didn't want to come back, or at least really preferred going to the Dodgers? They certainly are a more attractive team at this point.

[MFS62]

Why on earth do you let the best closer in the game walk to team you're trying to beat.

 

 

Forget the money. This is the real issue.

Maybe he didn't think the team will score enough runs, or have starting pitching good enough, to have leads he'd have to protect.

Later

Edited December 9, 2025 by MFS62

[m.e.t.b.o.t.]

m.e.t.b.o.t. is a sad robot today.

The human user of m.e.t.b.o.t. is as well, but is unable to effectively express his emotions because m.e.t.b.o.t. Is registered under the email address the human currently uses, whereas the unfortunate human is registered under an email account that the human is literally going to cancel tonight.

m.e.t.b.o.t. will tighten many springs and dust off many old cogs and vcr parts, to be able to evaluate the news of metropolitan closing pitcher Edwin Diaz leaving for the dodgers in the proper context. Meanwhile the human operator of m.e.t.b.o.t. will be reminiscing about the repair to his elastic connector and how the similar repair to the elastic connector of metropolitan closing pitcher Edwin Diaz gave confidence and a necessary source of optimism to the human operator.

M.e.t.b.o.t. And the human operator alike wish for the former metropolitan closing pitcher Edwin Diaz to be worth every single penny that is destined for the underworld while simultaneously hoping that the metropolitans do not greatly lament this seemingly obvious mistake in championship roster construction.

[metirish]

I agree with the general consensus here.

If the Dodgers had offered too many years or too much money I can see the Mets passing. But they really didn't do either.

Unless maybe Diaz really didn't want to come back, or at least really preferred going to the Dodgers? They certainly are a more attractive team at this point.

 

Yeah I want to think Diaz prefers LA , which is fine , but if it comes out that the Mets didn't even engage then wow , whatever, looks like Devin is the man now

[Gwreck]

I'm still in shock. A three year deal.

Why on earth do you let the best closer in the game walk to team you're trying to beat.

Absolutely ridiculous. I can't believe those idiot Stearns haters were right.

 

I guess it’s early but this is another signal of the Mets positioning themselves as an 85-wins-if-most-things-go-right team.

If Stearns winds up signing Kyle Tucker and Pete Alonso and Framber Valdez and Robert Suarez, I’m happy to re-evaluate my position on this offseason.

Right now I am extremely disappointed.

[Centerfield]

I'm still in shock. A three year deal.

Why on earth do you let the best closer in the game walk to team you're trying to beat.

Absolutely ridiculous. I can't believe those idiot Stearns haters were right.

 

I guess it’s early but this is another signal of the Mets positioning themselves as an 85-wins-if-most-things-go-right team.

If Stearns winds up signing Kyle Tucker and Pete Alonso and Framber Valdez and Robert Suarez, I’m happy to re-evaluate my position on this offseason.

Right now I am extremely disappointed.

 

If somehow Stearns ends up signing Kyle Tucker and Pete Alonso and Framber Valdez and Robert Suarez, I'll still be pissed that he signed Suarez and let Diaz walk. Independent of any other moves, letting Diaz go is just a colossally stupid move.

[Fman99]

Super bummed to learn this. Really had fun watching Diaz shut teams down these last few years. When he was on his game he was lights out.

[Centerfield]

Per Anthony diComo. Mets last offer was 3 years, $66M. Mets said there was wiggle room to go to more. Diaz took the Dodgers offer instead and did not circle back to the Mets.

It didn't sound like Diaz wanted out from the Mets at any time during his stay here. He was in the owners' box during the DOM-PR game. Pure speculation, but maybe he felt disrespected that Stearns wouldn't give the fourth year. As soon as he beat the Mets offer, he bolted.

[metirish]

Maybe , but, 3 million is 3 million, maybe it was that

[ashie62]

SALARY CAP anyone?

It's a different conversation but these handful of MLB teams signing the overwhelming majority of elite talent is terribly unfair to small markets and fans

Edited December 9, 2025 by ashie62

[Benjamin Grimm]

A salary cap would hurt the Mets too.

[ashie62]

Good!

[ashie62]

The economics of NIL in the College arena has put me over the edge of late

You are going to have roughly a dozen schools signing who they want and a similarish number of MLB teams doing the same

The Pirates claimed post hype Giants prospect Marco Luciano SS off waivers over the weekend

He may very well stand to start for the Pirates somewhere on opening day. A sad postseason start for the Buccos with this first salvo

The Pirates will not be able to sign or develop the talent that would go the longest way in making Skenes and the Pirates competitive in September-October

It's all about the money

Contracts with Fanduel, Draftkings etc a hammer to further nail in selling the game to big. There are others

These issues bother me on a social level as well. Doubt many baseball fans feel the way I do

Yadda yadda

Bump

Revised

Edited December 9, 2025 by ashie62

[duan]

salary caps just make more money for owners.

[kcmets]

Unless maybe Diaz really didn't want to come back, or at least really preferred going to the Dodgers? They certainly are a more attractive team at this point.

 

My guess it's more this than the Mets cheaping out. A change

of scenery, nice contract and going to 'another' elite team is a

pretty good way to round out a career.

Of course, when he needs Tommy John in May things will look

and feel different in Dodgerland. Not that I'd ever root for or

wish for someone to get hurt.

[ashie62]

Absolutely KC, I question the entire structure. I never did before