In the selection for Major League Baseball’s monthly awards, the choice of the American League reliever of the month was pretty simple for the voters — Mariners closer Edwin Diaz.
The young right-hander took home the honors after a brilliant month of April where he was 11 for 11 in save opportunities. It’s the second time in his career that he’s earned AL reliever of the month honors (July 2017). The 11 saves were the most in all of baseball.
In 14 overall relief appearances in April, pitching a total of 14 1/3 innings, Diaz allowed just one run on two hits.