Edwin Diaz has made Armando Benitez look like postseason Mariano Rivera. In his first year with the New York Mets, he has single-handedly cost this team a legitimate shot at the playoffs. Whether he has blown saves or performed poorly in non-save situations, it has been an ugly season for Diaz in Flushing.
Following an all-time great season by a closer last year with the Seattle Mariners, Diaz seems to have lost all of the magic that made him so special. For the first two months of 2019, he looked like a slightly depleted version of himself from last year.