PORT ST. LUCIE — Even playing for a team with a penchant for trading players, Edwin Diaz figured he would continue with the Mariners in 2019.
“I was expecting to be with them because they told me they would not trade me,” Diaz said Wednesday. “I was surprised when they called me and told me I got traded to the Mets.”
The 24-year-old Diaz was the central component of the deal that also brought Robinson Cano to the Mets — with Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Justin Dunn, Jarred Kelenic and Gerson Bautista shipped to the Mariners.