Mets’ Edwin Diaz suffers damage throughout World Baseball Classic celebration, leaves area in wheelchair

New York Mets followers are holding their breath as dominant nearer, Edwin Diaz, injured his knee throughout Team Puerto Rico’s celebration within the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday.

Promptly after clinching their spot within the WBC semifinals, the crew celebrated close to the mound. 

However, Diaz went down, and the celebration was all of the sudden somber.

Puerto Rico pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) will get taken off the sphere by pitching coach Ricky Bones (27) after an obvious leg damage in the course of the crew celebration towards the Dominican Republic at LoanDepot Park. ( Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports)

Diaz was carried into foul territory and positioned right into a wheelchair the place he was rolled into the clubhouse.

His brother, Alexis, who can also be on the crew, was in tears on the sphere.

If Diaz’s damage is important, the harm it does to the Mets is insurmountable.

Diaz was by far the perfect nearer in baseball final 12 months, placing up historic numbers. He pitched to a 1.31 ERA final season, simply the bottom of his profession, placing out 17.1 batters per 9 innings. 

He completed in ninth place within the NL Cy Young Award vote.

Diaz grew to become a dominant nearer with the Seattle Mariners and was traded to the Mets earlier than the 2019 season – nonetheless, his first season was one to overlook. His ERA was 5.59, he misplaced his job, and appeared to surrender the lengthy ball on a regular basis. But he is had fairly the turnaround.

Edwin Diaz #39 of Team Puerto Rico lies harm on the sphere after celebrating a 5-2 win towards Team Dominican Republic throughout their World Baseball Classic Pool D sport at loanDepot park on March 15, 2023, in Miami, Florida. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Since the beginning of the 2020 season, he is been again to regular, with a 2.27 ERA and placing out 257 batters in 150.1 innings.

The Mets re-signed Diaz to a five-year, $102 million deal within the offseason, probably the most ever for a reliever. 

His walkout music, “Narco” by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet, has additionally grown considerably of a cult following, and there may be now a debate on if it is higher than Mariano Rivera’s “Enter Sandman.”

Puerto Rico pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) leaves the sphere on a wheelchair after an obvious leg damage in the course of the crew celebration towards the Dominican Republic at LoanDepot Park. (Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sport)

The “Amazin’ Mets” received 101 video games final 12 months, however fell in need of a division title to the Atlanta Braves and had been knocked out of the postseason within the wild card spherical to the San Diego Padres.

Diaz’s Mets teammate Francisco Lindor is the beginning shortstop for the Puerto Rican crew.