The imposing reliever, who signed a five-year, $102 million deal in the offseason, had to be carried off the field in Miami as his agonized teammates looked on.
. He was not only going to be a crucial component of Puerto Rico’s push for its first WBC title this weekend, but a difference-making part of the Mets’ push for a World Series championship. And suddenly, seconds after he froze Teoscar Hernández with a front-door slider to end one of the more significant games of his baseball life, his immediate baseball future seemed uncertain.“That’s God’s will. If anything is going to happen, it will happen.
This is the fifth iteration of the WBC, and for years, Major League Baseball has attempted to market the event as a must-see for baseball fans around the world. At times in past years, the whole thing felt forced. But what makes Díaz’s injury so jarring was the emotion of what came before, of Dominican fans waving flags and Puerto Rican fans serenading their stars, of players soaring around the bases and skipping off the field when innings ended.
Big league benches do not normally clear for third-inning homers, not even in October, but Puerto Rico’s did. Manny Machado doesn’t often look sad, but that is exactly how he looked after grounding into a rally-killing double play with the bases loaded in the fifth. That was the Dominican Republic’s best chance at a comeback, particularly with Díaz looming in the ninth.
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