Somehow, Edwin Díaz has never finished a season with the Mets with more than 32 saves. Having recently wrapped up his sixth season—and seventh year—with the team, Díaz was utterly dominant, finishing the 2025 campaign with 28 saves as he threw 66.1 innings with a 1.63 ERA. That’s his second-best single season ERA, even in a career that’s seen him finish with a sub-two mark in three full seasons and the abbreviated 2020 season. And it made him the second-best qualified reliever in baseball this year by ERA.

We probably shouldn’t be too surprised. Despite a rockier season in 2024 as he returned from the knee injury that cost him the entire 2023 season, Díaz wasn’t terrible last year. Sure, his home run rate spiked, and he finished that season with a 3.52 ERA in 53.2 innings, and his strikeo

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