{"id":72628,"date":"2025-12-16T21:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72628\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:25:18","slug":"braves-offered-edwin-diaz-five-year-deal-in-free-agency-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72628\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves offered Edwin Diaz five-year deal in free-agency twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Diaz reportedly had another offer to choose from before bolting the Mets for the Dodgers in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>And it was from one of the Mets\u2019 division rivals.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47314814\/mlb-2025-free-agency-new-york-mets-david-stearns-steve-cohen-alonso-diaz-nimmo-collapse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">offered the All-Star closer a five-year contract<\/a>, ESPN reported Tuesday, before Diaz ultimately accepted a three-year deal from the Dodgers worth $69 million \u2014 about $1 million per year more than the Mets had offered.<\/p>\n<p>What separated the Dodgers was their willingness to give Diaz an average yearly salary of $20 million after deferrals, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves wound up signing another All-Star closer, Robert Suarez, to a three-year deal worth $45 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets also lost first baseman Pete Alonso to the Orioles via free agency, and traded outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for second baseman Marcus Semien earlier in the offseason. They also signed reliever Devin Williams and infielder Jorge Polanco to free-agent deals.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.96679688;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37944501\" width=\"570\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-mets-pitcher-edwin-109221880.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets pitcher Edwin D\u00edaz (39) reacts to closing the ninth inning when the New York Mets played the Cleveland Guardians Monday, August 4, 2025 at Citi Field in Queens, NY. \" class=\"wp-image-37944501\"  \/>Edwin Diaz left the Mets for the Dodgers in free agency. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reported that Diaz, who will turn 32 in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/09\/sports\/edwin-diazs-departure-leaves-mets-in-search-of-a-new-tune\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had been unhappy that the Mets<\/a> made the decision after the 2025 season ended to part ways with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy. I spent seven years in New York \u2014 they treated me great,\u201d Diaz said at his introductory LA press conference last week. \u201cI chose the Dodgers because they\u2019re a winning organization. I\u2019m looking to win, and I think they have everything to win, so picking the Dodgers was pretty easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37944524\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/edwin-d-az-middle-poses-117230712.jpg\" alt=\"Edwin Diaz poses with Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes (right) and President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman at his introductory Dodgers press conference.\" class=\"wp-image-37944524\"  \/>Edwin Diaz poses with Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes (right) and President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman at his introductory Dodgers press conference. AP<\/p>\n<p>Diaz registered 144 saves with the Mets, including 28 in 31 opportunities last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edwin Diaz reportedly had another offer to choose from before bolting the Mets for the Dodgers in free&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13831,14766,7482,20,3473,9,11,320,10,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-72628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-atlanta-braves","9":"tag-edwin-diaz","10":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-mlb-free-agency","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-mets","16":"tag-new-york-news","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72628","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=72628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}