Edwin Diaz
30-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
1.04
WHIP
0.92
K
12
SV
4
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Diaz missed all of last season after suffering a complete tear of his right patellar tendon while celebrating during the World Baseball Classic last March. The veteran closer threw several bullpen sessions towards the end of last season, but the Mets didn't rush him back since they weren't in playoff contention. The last we saw Diaz pitch in the majors, he struck out 118 batters over 62 innings for a strikeout rate north of 50%, but achieving those types of numbers again will depend on several factors. The obvious one is health, while the other two are Diaz's velocity and effectiveness of his slider. The slider didn't play well during his "down" season in 2019 and his ratios suffered. However, if the soon-to-be 30-year-old is throwing triple-digit heaters and wiping hitters out with the slider - look out. Monitor Diaz during spring training, but don't wait to long in the draft room to click his name, as he'll be among the top 3 closers off board soon enough. Read Past Outlooks
Collects first hold Saturday
Diaz walked two and struck out two in a scoreless two-thirds of an inning Saturday, recording his first hold of the season in a 6-4 win over the Dodgers.
ANALYSIS
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza called on his closer to protect a two-run lead with one on and one out in the eighth inning, but Diaz walked the bases loaded before escaping the jam, needing 20 pitches (nine strikes) to do it. As a result, Reed Garrett came on in the ninth and struck out the side to secure the save. Diaz has yet to have an appearance of longer than one inning this season, so it's not clear if Mendoza would have allowed the right-hander to try and get more than three outs had the eighth gone smoothly. Either way, Diaz remains the team's clear closer and sports a 1.17 ERA, 0.78 WHIP and 12:4 K:BB through his first 7.2 innings this season.
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza called on his closer to protect a two-run lead with one on and one out in the eighth inning, but Diaz walked the bases loaded before escaping the jam, needing 20 pitches (nine strikes) to do it. As a result, Reed Garrett came on in the ninth and struck out the side to secure the save. Diaz has yet to have an appearance of longer than one inning this season, so it's not clear if Mendoza would have allowed the right-hander to try and get more than three outs had the eighth gone smoothly. Either way, Diaz remains the team's clear closer and sports a 1.17 ERA, 0.78 WHIP and 12:4 K:BB through his first 7.2 innings this season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
17
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-35%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-78%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .119 | 60 | 11 | 12 | 4 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .183 | 70 | 11 | 26 | 0 | |||
2024vs Left | .250 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .056 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2022vs Left | .101 | 53 | 9 | 9 | 3 | |||
2022vs Right | .202 | 65 | 9 | 25 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-54%
ERA at Home
2024
-100%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 0.86 | 0.79 | 41.2 | 16.8 | 2.8 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 1.86 | 0.93 | 29.0 | 16.1 | 2.8 | ||||
2024Home | 1.80 | 0.60 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 1.8 | ||||
2024Away | 0.00 | 1.36 | 3.2 | 12.3 | 7.4 | ||||
2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022Home | 0.74 | 0.82 | 36.2 | 17.4 | 2.9 | ||||
2022Away | 2.13 | 0.87 | 25.1 | 16.7 | 2.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Edwin Diaz compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.00K/9
12.5BB/9
4.2HR/9
1.0Fastball
96.7 mphERA
1.04WHIP
0.92BABIP
.194GB/FB
1.43Left On Base
75.8%Exit Velocity
78.9 mphBarrels/BBE
2.7%Spin Rate
2304 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
13.5%Swinging Strike
16.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Priority for Mets in free agency
Re-signing Diaz and outfielder Brandon Nimmo are the Mets' top priorities this offseason, Andy Martino of SNY.tv reports.
ANALYSIS
The Mets' interest in retaining Diaz comes as little surprise coming off a banner 2022 campaign in which he submitted a 1.31 ERA while striking out 118 hitters over 62 innings. His expected deal could top the previous record for a reliever; the five-year, $86 million pact that Aroldis Chapman signed with the Yankees in December 2016.
The Mets' interest in retaining Diaz comes as little surprise coming off a banner 2022 campaign in which he submitted a 1.31 ERA while striking out 118 hitters over 62 innings. His expected deal could top the previous record for a reliever; the five-year, $86 million pact that Aroldis Chapman signed with the Yankees in December 2016.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Diaz made the best of a contract year, as no relief pitcher in 2022 came close to his 50.2% strikeout rate, 25.2% SwStr%, 17.1 K/9 or 42.6% K-BB%. His 1.31 ERA ranked fourth among qualified relievers, while his 0.90 FIP and 1.11 SIERA were also the best in the league. Diaz's name was scattered across many Statcast leaderboards, as he posted a 99th percentile rating, or better, in multiple pitching metrics. However, he was "merely" league average in HardHit% and BB%. One main reason why Diaz was so good last season can be attributed to a pitch mix change. He threw his fastball far less often - a roughly 20% difference from his most recent seasons - while using his slider as his primary offering (58% pitch usage) for the first time in his career. Diaz allowed just 17 hits - 16 of which were singles - on his slider for a .114 BA on the pitch. Expect the soon-to-be 29-year-old to be among the top two closers drafted in 2023 now that the Mets re-signed him for 5 years at $102 million.
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Working on mechanics
Diaz attributes his early season velocity drop to his mechanics being a little off after he missed the entire 2023 season with a knee injury, Will Sammon and Tim Britton of The Athletic report.
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Gathers fourth save
Diaz picked up the save Monday against the Pirates. He pitched one shutout inning, allowing no hits and one walk with two strikeouts.
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Secures third save
Diaz allowed a run on one hit while striking out one batter Sunday. He picked up a save over the Royals in one inning of work.
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Perfect ninth to earn save
Diaz pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his second save in Sunday's 3-1 victory over the Reds. He struck out two.
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Notches first save
Diaz gave up one unearned run during the ninth inning to earn the save in Friday's 3-2 victory over Cincinnati. He struck out one batter and walked one.
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