There’s no question it’s been an absolute disaster of a season for New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz. Acquired to stabilize the back end of the bullpen, he has instead completely imploded, pitching to a 5.88 ERA with seven blown saves after putting up a 1.96 ERA with an American League-leading 57 saves with the Seattle Mariners last season.
While it would be easy to say that he can’t handle New York and the team should deal him, that would be incredibly shortsighted. In fact, there are many reasons that the team should not deal Diaz, and should instead ride this storm out.