The New York Mets lost their closer on Sunday night after Edwin Diaz was ejected following a sticky substance check.
On Sunday night, Edwin Diaz was ejected from New York's rubber-match with the Chicago Cubs after the umpires didn't like what they found on his hand in a sticky substance check in the ninth inning.
According to MLB rules, any ejection as a result of a foreign substance check means an automatic 10-game suspension. It was evident that Diaz was thrown out for a sticky substance, so he will miss close to the next two weeks.
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