Is Edwin Diaz the best reliever in Mets history?

Depends on how you look at it.

Diaz, who has agreed to a three-year, $69-million contract to leave the Mets for the two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers , is third on the Mets’ all-time saves list.

In his six seasons in Flushing – a seventh (2023) was wiped out because of an injury he suffered in the World Baseball Classic – Diaz had 144 regular-season saves.

That’s third in team history behind John Franco (276) and Armando Benitez (160).

Other notables on the Mets’ all-time saves list include Hall of Famer Billy Wagner (sixth place, 101 saves as a Met) and Tug McGraw (seventh, 86).

McGraw, who spent nine seasons with the Mets, is a different type of reliever since his career pre-dated the advent of the one-inning close

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