Dodgers comply with take care of elite nearer Edwin Diaz, report says – NBC Los Angeles
The Dodgers have agreed to a three-year take care of free-agent aid pitcher Edwin Diaz in a transfer to bolster the workforce’s bullpen, MLB.com reported Tuesday morning.
Citing a supply, MLB.com reported that the 31-year-old Diaz and the back-to-back World Collection champions agreed to a three-year deal price $69 million. NBCLA has not confirmed the deal, additionally reported by the Los Angeles Instances and ESPN.
Diaz opted out of the remaining two years with the New York Mets. The appropriate-hander had 28 saves with a 1.63 ERA and 98 strikeouts final season.
His ERA was the second-lowest amongst aid pitchers who threw a minimum of 50 innings.
Diaz joined the Mets from Seattle after the 2018 season and comply with a five-year take care of New York after the 2022 season. He missed the 2023 season after struggling a severe knee damage throughout a post-game celebration with Puerto Rico on the World Baseball Traditional.
The transfer shores up a Dodgers bullpen with a three-time All-Star and three-time Reliever of the 12 months award winner. The workforce relied on Roki Sasaki to step right into a aid position as a more in-depth, which he stuffed admirably in the course of the workforce’s championship run.
Los Angeles relievers had a 4.27 ERA, rating twenty first among the many 30 MLB groups.
The deal marks one other splash free-agent signing for the Dodgers in recent times, together with four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani (2023), ace pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2023), slugger Freddie Freeman (2022) and beginning pitcher Blake Snell (2024).
