{"id":109531,"date":"2025-11-16T10:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=109531"},"modified":"2025-11-16T10:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:42:10","slug":"mets-edwin-diaz-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/11\/16\/mets-edwin-diaz-free-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Push to Keep Edwin D\u00edaz as Market Heats Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

After serving as the Mets\u2019 thunderous closer for the past six seasons, Edwin D\u00edaz could suddenly be on his way to a different team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mets Push to Keep Edwin D\u00edaz as Market Heats Up<\/h2>\n

D\u00edaz, one of the league\u2019s most talented closers, officially opted out of his five-year, $102 million contract following the end of a disappointing Mets season, one where he remained an elite performer. The 31-year-old tallied 28 saves and posted a 1.63 ERA in 66 1\/3 innings. The Mets used D\u00edaz to their advantage this season, allowing him to toss several multi-inning outings due to their depleted bullpen. But now, with a new contract looming, are the Mets really in danger of losing one of the best closers in franchise history?<\/span><\/p>\n

Put it this way: the Mets are viewed as having a 50\u201350 chance to re-sign the two-time NL Reliever of the Year. That’s at least that\u2019s how D\u00edaz put it at the MLB awards show Thursday. The deal he\u2019s seeking is expected to be similar to the one he landed in 2022 after his dominant season, likely in the five-year, $100\u2013110 million range.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case for Edwin Diaz<\/h3>\n

However, the Mets still hold an advantage over every other team in the bidding for D\u00edaz. The reason is that he has spent the last six seasons in Queens, and they wouldn\u2019t lose a draft pick if they retained him.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for other teams involved, the Blue Jays have reportedly already met with D\u00edaz\u2019s agents to begin contract discussions, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The Dodgers have also been linked to D\u00edaz as they pursue an elite late-inning arm to bolster their already star-studded roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the Mets, it should almost be a no-brainer to bring D\u00edaz back. Not only does he provide one of the best late-game arms in baseball, but he also has a chance to chase the franchise record in saves. He currently sits third all-time with 144, behind John Franco (276) and Armando Ben\u00edtez (160).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mets reportedly made their preliminary offer to D\u00edaz and his camp Friday night, per Dan Bartels of the New York Post, as contract talks begin to progress with the offseason now in full swing. It\u2019s simple: bring D\u00edaz back, bring Pete Alonso back, and keep Mets fans happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credits: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After serving as the Mets\u2019 thunderous closer for the past six seasons, Edwin D\u00edaz could suddenly be on his way to a different team. Mets Push to Keep Edwin D\u00edaz as Market Heats Up D\u00edaz, one of the league\u2019s most talented closers, officially opted out of his five-year, $102 million contract following the end of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5548,"featured_media":109543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1071],"tags":[1931],"class_list":["post-109531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mets","category-mlb","tag-edwin-diaz"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109544,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109531\/revisions\/109544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}