Dodgers: Where are they now? Checking in on deadline targets

Edwin Diaz (stayed put)

Mets’ record since the deadline: 12-5

Diaz’s ERA since the deadline: 8.31

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Well, Diaz has just not had it this season, plain and simple, and despite the Mets going out and losing just once in their first 10 games after the trade deadline, he has not caught fire in recent times.

Instead, like Greene, Diaz is save-less in the few weeks since the deadline, going just 4.1 innings and allowing 2 home runs and walking 4.

While his name appeared later on in terms of the rumor mill connecting him to the Boys in Blue, his name did still appear, and it did make fans interested, though that may have been largely due to it being attached to Noah Syndergaard’s in many contexts.

I never vouched for adding Diaz myself *pats self on the back* but still, it would be hard to imagine Diaz needing much more than a change of scenery or a nice letter from a fan or even just a really good meal to turn his troubles around. His stuff is simply too dynamic to be yielding the mediocre results and pedestrian outings he has been providing the Mets in 2019.

If he is available over the Winter via trade, look for teams like the Dodgers to be all over Brodie Van Wagenen and the Mets.