Mets and Dodgers could be 'battling' for superstar free agent after $69 million Edwin Diaz clash
These two teams like to flex their financial muscle.
Mets and Dodgers could be 'battling' for superstar free agent after $69 million Edwin Diaz clash originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Many expected All-Star closer Edwin Diaz to return to the New York Mets this past offseason.
Instead, he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers on a three-year, $69 million contract. At $23 million per year, the deal set a league record for average annual value for a reliever. "The Dodgers played a hype video for Edwin Diaz at Dodger Stadium when his former team, the New York Mets, came in town," FanSided's Robert Murray wrote Thursday.
"Some folks had an issue with it. I, however, did not. " According to a December report from MLB.
com's Anthony DiComo , the Mets' final offer to Diaz was three years and $66 million, with deferrals. The Dodgers edged New York's deal by just three million, but it made a difference. "One thing I did think was noteworthy: Steve Cohen, the Mets’ big-spending owner, was in attendance and witnessed it," Murray added.