Carlos Mendoza was honest about closer Edwin Díaz's impact on his team after Saturday's win.
closer Edwin Díaz returned to his team on Saturday after serving a 10-game suspension from Major League Baseball for allegedly having a foreign substance on his pitching hand.
Díaz pitched a clean ninth inning to secure a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, notching his eighth save of the 2024 season.The 30-year-old is now 2-1 on the season with a 4.50 ERA in 24 appearances. And after Saturday's win, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza discussed Díaz’s impact while speaking with reporters.
“Obviously, it’s a totally different ballgame when you have Edwin Díaz ready to go in the ninth,” Mendoza said,"It's a totally different ballgame when you know you have Edwin Díaz ready to go in the 9th."Díaz also addressed the media after securing the save. Díaz admitted that he “was a little bit anxious at first."
When asked how he settled down from that initial anxiety, Díaz responded, "Just throwing strikes. I was a little bit excited and was trying to be perfect. As soon as I had the hit by pitch, I just concentrated trying to make my pitches.”The Mets’ closer also noted that he apologized to his teammates after receiving the suspension. When asked whether he considered appealing it, Díaz said, “We just didn't think it worth getting in a battle with MLB about it.
"I talked to the front office and the coaches, and we just wanted to kind of move forward," he added.
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