Edwin Diaz's Cocks

[seawolf17]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/horseracing/2026/05/14/jose-ortiz-irad-ortiz-jr-edwin-diaz-illegal-cockfighting/90046603007/

Between this and the injury, you'd almost think he *was* still a Met.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure the Mets have a special corner on animal cruelty and federal felonies.

Wilford Brimley, who pitched against the Mets in the Tiger series if I recall, used to have a weird and creepy passion for cockfighting advocacy.

[Gwreck]

Cockfighting came up in 2008 when video emerged of then-Met Pedro Martinez at a cockfight in 2006.  Mets stated they did not condone animal cruelty but noted that in some countries, such as the D.R., it is legal and part of the culture.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3234767
 

As for Diaz, he gave a quote to a Puerto Rican newspaper suggesting that he thought it is legal in P.R. (which it is not).