Edwin Díaz has been the Mariners’ best player so far this year. The lot of relievers is that their impact is limited to just an inning or two of high-leverage work, but just as we remember Alexander the Great and forget his more long-lived grandfather Amyntas III, Edwin’s brilliance has deserved a spotlight.
The back of his electronic baseball card is an Easter basket full of Sugary fun facts. He’s struck out two-thirds of the batters he’s faced. A batter hasn’t reached third base since the first game of the season. He’s been in just two three-ball counts.