Edwin Diaz

Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy (born March 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his major league debut in June 2016 with the Seattle Mariners, where he played between 2016 and 2018. Within two months of his MLB debut, Díaz broke the Mariners' record for consecutive strikeouts and was named the team's closer. In 2018, he recorded 57 saves to lead the American League, was an All-Star, and was named AL Reliever of the Year. The Mariners traded him to the Mets after the season. Díaz throws three pitches. His most common pitch is a hard four-seam fastball that has averaged 97.7 miles per hour (157.2 km/h) in his first three seasons in MLB. His other pitches are a slider at an average 88.2 miles per hour (141.9 km/h) and a changeup at an average of 92 miles per hour (148 km/h). Díaz has been a strikeout pitcher in his MLB career, compiling an average of 14.21 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched through 2018.