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Edwin Díaz
Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy (born March 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets. He made his MLB debut in 2016.
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 AL, was an All-Star, and was named AL Reliever of the Year. The Mariners traded him to the Mets after the season, where he has since earned two more All-Star selections, won the 2022 National League Reliever of the Year Award, and become MLB’s all-time leader in Reliever of the Month honors.
Díaz grew up in the Naguabo neighborhood in Naguabo, Puerto Rico. He started playing baseball around age 7, playing mostly as a center fielder. While growing up in Puerto Rico, Díaz played as an outfielder during his youth along players like Carlos Correa and José Berríos. At the insistence of his father, he reluctantly tried pitching as a teenager.
The Seattle Mariners selected Díaz in the third round, with the 98th overall pick, of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of Caguas Military Academy in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He made his professional debut that season for the Arizona League Mariners. In nine games (one start) he went 2–1 with a 5.21 earned run average (ERA) with 20 strikeouts in 19 innings. In 2013, he pitched for the Pulaski Mariners. In 13 starts, he went 5–2 with a 1.43 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 69 innings. Prior to the 2014 season, Díaz was named the Mariners fifth-best prospect by Baseball America. He spent the season with the Clinton LumberKings and was co-selected the organization's minor league Starting Pitcher of the Year along Jordan Pries.
In 2015, Díaz played for the Bakersfield Blaze and Jackson Generals. That year, he won the recognition of minor league Starting Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season. Díaz started 2016 with Jackson as a starting pitcher and was moved to the bullpen after six starts.
Díaz was called up to the major leagues for the first time on June 4, 2016. Between June 28 and July 3, he recorded ten consecutive outs via strikeout, tying a franchise record set in 1997. On July 6, Díaz broke the record with his 11th consecutive out via strikeout. Between July 19 and 22, he recorded 8 consecutive strikeouts, tying him for second place with four different American League pitchers (Doug Fister set the AL record, with 9, on September 27, 2012).
On August 1, Díaz replaced Steve Cishek as the Mariners' closer. He recorded the first save of his career the following day, in a 5–4 win over the Boston Red Sox, in which he struck out the side. By reaching his 50th strikeout in only 25 and a third innings, Díaz became the first pitcher to do so in at least 123 years.
In 2017, Díaz appeared in 66 games, posting a 4-6 record to go along with a 3.27 earned run average and 89 strikeouts in 66 innings pitched, converting 34 of 39 save opportunities.
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Edwin Díaz
Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy (born March 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets. He made his MLB debut in 2016.
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 AL, was an All-Star, and was named AL Reliever of the Year. The Mariners traded him to the Mets after the season, where he has since earned two more All-Star selections, won the 2022 National League Reliever of the Year Award, and become MLB’s all-time leader in Reliever of the Month honors.
Díaz grew up in the Naguabo neighborhood in Naguabo, Puerto Rico. He started playing baseball around age 7, playing mostly as a center fielder. While growing up in Puerto Rico, Díaz played as an outfielder during his youth along players like Carlos Correa and José Berríos. At the insistence of his father, he reluctantly tried pitching as a teenager.
The Seattle Mariners selected Díaz in the third round, with the 98th overall pick, of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of Caguas Military Academy in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He made his professional debut that season for the Arizona League Mariners. In nine games (one start) he went 2–1 with a 5.21 earned run average (ERA) with 20 strikeouts in 19 innings. In 2013, he pitched for the Pulaski Mariners. In 13 starts, he went 5–2 with a 1.43 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 69 innings. Prior to the 2014 season, Díaz was named the Mariners fifth-best prospect by Baseball America. He spent the season with the Clinton LumberKings and was co-selected the organization's minor league Starting Pitcher of the Year along Jordan Pries.
In 2015, Díaz played for the Bakersfield Blaze and Jackson Generals. That year, he won the recognition of minor league Starting Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season. Díaz started 2016 with Jackson as a starting pitcher and was moved to the bullpen after six starts.
Díaz was called up to the major leagues for the first time on June 4, 2016. Between June 28 and July 3, he recorded ten consecutive outs via strikeout, tying a franchise record set in 1997. On July 6, Díaz broke the record with his 11th consecutive out via strikeout. Between July 19 and 22, he recorded 8 consecutive strikeouts, tying him for second place with four different American League pitchers (Doug Fister set the AL record, with 9, on September 27, 2012).
On August 1, Díaz replaced Steve Cishek as the Mariners' closer. He recorded the first save of his career the following day, in a 5–4 win over the Boston Red Sox, in which he struck out the side. By reaching his 50th strikeout in only 25 and a third innings, Díaz became the first pitcher to do so in at least 123 years.
In 2017, Díaz appeared in 66 games, posting a 4-6 record to go along with a 3.27 earned run average and 89 strikeouts in 66 innings pitched, converting 34 of 39 save opportunities.