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Mets closer Edwin Diaz open to change in role amid struggles

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MIAMI -- Edwin Diaz is open to a change to help ignite the slumping New York Mets -- even if that means losing his role as closer.

Amid a terrible start to the 2024 season in which he's blown two consecutive save chances and three of his past four, the star reliever with a $102 million contract said he would be willing to change his role if the team thinks that's best.

"I'm open to everything," Diaz said Saturday after squandering a four-run lead in the ninth inning against one of the league's worst hitting teams in the Miami Marlins.