Going into the 2020 season, Edwin Díaz entered the delayed season as the Mets’ closer, but he held the position on very unstable ground after his disastrous 2019. We all knew his leash was short, and as it turned out, that leash was exactly one blown save long. In just the second game of the year, Díaz surrendered a game-tying homer to Marcell Ozuna to blow the save and saw the next several save chances go to Seth Lugo instead.
Díaz’s next appearance a few days later probably didn’t inspire much more hope in Luis Rojas, either.