{"id":74899,"date":"2024-05-29T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=74899"},"modified":"2024-05-29T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:51:01","slug":"mets-edwin-diaz-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/29\/mets-edwin-diaz-injured-list\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mets Place Struggling Reliever On Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right before Wednesday&#8217;s matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Mets placed closer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/diazed04.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a> on 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. New York recalled left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=walker014jos,walkejo03&amp;search=Josh+Walker&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Walker<\/a> from Triple-A literally<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/29\/new-york-mets-activate-david-peterson\/\" target=\"_self\"> hours after sending him down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RHP Edwin D\u00edaz has been placed on the 15-Day IL with a right shoulder impingement.<\/p>\n<p>LHP Josh Walker has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Mets (@Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mets\/status\/1795906824794718631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Edwin D\u00edaz on Injured List with Right Shoulder Impingement<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>This continues a rough May for D\u00edaz. In his first 10 outings of the season, he posted a 0.93 ERA in 9 2\/3 innings. While his velocity was slightly down, D\u00edaz looked like he was set to return from knee surgery with a bang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Unfortunately, his season has taken a turn. From April 29 to his last appearance on May 25, D\u00edaz produced a 9.58 ERA in 10 1\/3 innings across 10 appearances. While he still generated strikeouts at an above-average rate, D\u00edaz allowed four homers and blew several games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Per Statcast, D\u00edaz ranks among the best in Whiff, Chase and Strikeout rate. Plus, he&#8217;s one of the hardest throwers in the league (despite a decline from his 2022 velocity) and limits exit velocity well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Edwin D\u00edaz has blown three CONSECUTIVE save chances. \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFGiants?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SFGiants<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BqcLidKBKs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BqcLidKBKs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; theScore (@theScore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theScore\/status\/1794462224335216887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, the 30-year-old has given up a lot of Barrels while posting an around league average Hard-Hit rate. These metrics represent D\u00edaz&#8217;s season pretty well. He hasn&#8217;t been completely awful, but is getting hurt by the big home runs. Predictably, this can&#8217;t happen when you&#8217;re pitching in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>D\u00edaz lost his closer role in a couple weeks ago after blowing multiple games in a week. New York began Wednesday 10 games below .500, but with a normal D\u00edaz, it&#8217;s far to say the team could have finished May at or above .500.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Perhaps it was unfair to expect D\u00edaz to return to normal after missing all of 2023. The Puerto Rican infamously tore the patellar tendon in his right knee after closing a game for Puerto Rico during the 2023 World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Nevertheless, D\u00edaz will have time to recover, both mentally and physically, with his latest injured list stint. The Mets will likely use<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ottavad01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Ottavino<\/a>, the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/21\/mets-reliever-surgery-raley\/\" target=\"_self\">last remaining of the bullpen&#8217;s high-leverage trio<\/a>, in save situations with D\u00edaz out.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right before Wednesday&#8217;s matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Mets placed closer Edwin D\u00edaz on 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. New York recalled left-hander Josh Walker from Triple-A literally hours after sending him down. RHP Edwin D\u00edaz has been placed on the 15-Day IL with a right shoulder impingement. 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