Edwin Díaz
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy (born March 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners.
Edwin Díaz | |||||||||||||||
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New York Mets – No. 39 | |||||||||||||||
Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
Born: (1994-03-22) March 22, 1994 (age 30) Naguabo, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
June 6, 2016, for the Seattle Mariners | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics (through May 12, 2024) | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 17–30 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 2.91 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 680 | ||||||||||||||
Saves | 210 | ||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||
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Within two months of his MLB debut, Díaz broke the Mariners' record for consecutive strikeouts and was named the team's closer. After saving 19 games, he finished fifth in the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year voting. In 2018, he recorded 57 saves to lead the American League, was an All-Star, and was named AL Reliever of the Year. The Mariners traded him to the Mets after the season, where he earned his second All-Star honor during the 2022 season.