{"id":72568,"date":"2025-12-16T20:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72568\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:06:12","slug":"edwin-diaz-pivoted-from-mets-to-dodgers-after-new-york-refused-to-meet-escalating-contract-asks-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72568\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin Diaz pivoted from Mets to Dodgers after New York ‘refused’ to meet escalating contract asks: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was shocking when Edwin Diaz left the Mets<\/a> to sign a three-year deal with the Dodgers, since there hadn’t been any indication that Diaz didn’t want to return to New York.<\/p>\n

And that he not only left, but did so for a term that matched what the Mets were offering, made things even more confounding.<\/p>\n

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Now, we have an updated timeline of events.<\/p>\n

Here’s how things went down, as reported by Jorge Castillo of ESPN<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Diaz had a three-year offer from the Dodgers and five-year offer from the Braves, but he wanted to wait for an offer from the Mets.<\/p>\n

The Mets initially offered a three-year deal worth $66 million, with $21 million deferred over 10 years. Following negotiations between the two sides, the Mets amended the offer to add a $9 million signing bonus (which matched the one Diaz got from the Dodgers) and included $21 million deferred over 15 years instead of 10.<\/p>\n

The issue, per Castillo, was that Diaz wanted the average annual value of his deal to be at least $20 million and for the contract have less deferred money over a shorter time frame. The Mets “refused” to meet those asks, the Dodgers sweetened their offer, and that was that.<\/p>\n

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New York Mets pitcher Edwin Daz (39) reacts after the final out of the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. \/ Aaron Doster-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Taking the above into account, it’s easy to see why there was confusion after Diaz signed regarding whether the Mets got a chance to match the deal he accepted from the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

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In effect, they reportedly rejected his demands that could’ve perhaps led to an immediate return to New York, resulting in Diaz choosing Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

During his introductory news conference with the Dodgers last week, Diaz discussed his decision to leave.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t easy, wasn’t easy. I spent seven years in New York,” Diaz said. “They treat me really good, they treat me great. I chose the Dodgers because they are a winning organization. I’m looking to win and I think they have everything to win. Picking the Dodgers was pretty easy.”<\/p>\n

With Diaz gone, the expectation is that the Mets will use the recently-signed Devin Williams<\/a> as their closer in 2026.<\/p>\n

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New York is still seeking bullpen help, and there are a number of intriguing options remaining on the free agent market — including Pete Fairbanks and Luke Weaver.<\/p>\n

The Mets have also reportedly been discussing trade ideas with the Padres<\/a>, with Mason Miller, Jeremiah Estrada, and Adrian Morejon’s names among those that have come up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was shocking when Edwin Diaz left the Mets to sign a three-year deal with the Dodgers, since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36894,32318,19988,16298,14766,36896,36891,1016,36895,36897,2032,9,11,10,36898,36893,36892],"class_list":{"0":"post-72568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-braves","9":"tag-cincinnati-reds","10":"tag-devin-williams","11":"tag-dodgers","12":"tag-edwin-diaz","13":"tag-jeremiah-estrada","14":"tag-jorge-castillo","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-luke-weaver","17":"tag-mason-miller","18":"tag-mets","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-headlines","21":"tag-new-york-news","22":"tag-padres","23":"tag-pete-fairbanks","24":"tag-return-to-new-york"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}