Sunday: Manager Mickey Callaway told reporters, including Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, today that Díaz is “slightly improved.” He’s unavailable for today’s series finale against Atlanta, but he should avoid a trip to the injured list.
Saturday: After Mets closer Edwin Diaz was removed from tonight’s 9-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves, manager Mickey Callaway indicated post-game that the embattled pitcher was dealing with “trap” tightness. When asked by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com if Diaz’s ailment was serious enough to necessitate a trip to the injured list, Callaway could only offer that it was “really hard to say” (link).
In speaking with Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News about the injury, Diaz struck the tone of an athlete frustrated by near season-long turmoil: “That’s the first time it’s happened,” Diaz said. “I don’t understand why it happened. Yesterday I felt good. When I felt like I was starting to finally get it going, something like this happens.”
It’s easy to feel sympathy for the 25-year-old hurler, who has posted the worst results of his career in 2019 after being propped up as something of a savior for the beleaguered Mets bullpen. In his final pre-arb campaign, Diaz has posted a 5.55 ERA (3.33 xFIP) through 48.2 innings. Public calls to remove Diaz from closing duties have reached near-cacophony at various points this year, but Callaway, perhaps realizing that the righty maintains solid underlying peripherals (16.2% SwStr rate and 14.79 K/9 rate), has maintained faith to this point.
If Diaz does indeed miss games, Seth Lugo would seem to be the logical choice for fill-in duties as the team seeks to gain ground in the NL Wild Card race–a race in which they are only 2.0 games back from first. Lugo has already chipped in 3 saves this year and had a 2.65 ERA as recently as Aug. 14–a date on which he was drubbed for 5 runs by the Braves. Since then, Lugo has compiled five consecutive scoreless innings, dialing back this season’s ERA figure to a tidy 3.14 in 63.0 innings.
“Trapezoid tightness”
“Trapezoid Tightness” Lmao
Am I the only one that found “Trapezoid Tightness” hilarious?
Yes.
You don’t injure your trapeziod sitting on the couch drinking beer. Maybe playing video games when you throw the controller because you lost.
Also a trapezoid is a shape. The muscle is called a trapezius.
Slept through geometry, English class, or maybe both?
When I read it out didn’t sound right I made the mistake to think the writer knew better. I saw comments after I posted and looked it up. Should have went with my gut and looked first. Apologies
This will allow Diaz to join his trade buddy Cano for a long Labor Day holiday in the Hampton’s. He’s been taking grief all year from Mets fans that have been a bit ungrateful for his performance in 2018.
I guess you’ve missed seeing Cano in the dugout even though he’s on the IL.
Ouch but at least his rhombus and hexagon muscles are ok
you’re a real square.
Wrist tightness?
Quick math lesson:
Perimeter of a trapezoid: A+ B1 + B2 + C
Area: 1/2 (B1 + B2) x Height
Yea but what if it’s rotated about the x-axis?
BUT HOW’S HIS DECAHEDRON??
These geometry puns are really getting old, but maybe I’m just a square.
Thank god.
Geometry scene.
I don’t know if I’m more surprised that the trapezius is being called the trapezoid or that its still that way after an hour. Quite the angle to take
but is it the right one?
It’s apparently not incorrect though (at least according to Google)
while you’re on Google, look up what “that went over your head” means.
I’d say it’s fair to guess that trapezoid tightness occurred when your iPhone auto corrects trapezius!
Poor fella. I strained the hell out of my pentagon once. Had me out of commission for weeks.
That’s rough, trapezoids are supposed to hang loose.
The irony is that “Trapezoid tightness” is the joke within baseball about a fake injury.
So MLBTR is either calling Edwin Diaz a faker
or
This Dylan Chase guy is a moron.
What the heck is going on here?
I believe you mean trapezius*
A new angle on the story, The Mets have reversed their original line to send Diaz to Dr Andrews, will instead send Diaz to Greece to consult with Euclid.
Willing to bet it’s a herniated cervical disc, not a trapezius issue
Diaz, Cano and Cespedes…. The Bermuda Triangle?
Diaz has been recruited for the C & C Open starting Tuesday. He told Mickey to put him on the IL as this Hamptons Classic tournament is attracting Mets fans who want to see Cano and Cespedes together for the first time.
Mickey suggested that they offer Free and Jeff comp tickets so that they won’t be pissed off.
No doubt the muscle was damaged from the many rapid neck twists as he watched so many balls sail out of the park.
True. He had just given up a bomb.
Cespedes ought to offer his trap muscle for transplant. Maybe between the two we can get one complete player.
I’ll be a trapezoid come on and wind me up.
He left the game with the “I suck and need to get out of here” injury.
i dont care if they label it menstrual cramps. whatever it takes to keep this guy off the mound for the rest of the yr is ok with me.. then after the seasons over , dump him.
This is not a good sign and they’re spinning it. He’ll need surgery soon. Say goodbye to next season.
It’s a bad sign that’s he’s missing a trip to the IL?
I think if you average his base salaries and multiply by the height of his career you’ll get the area of discontent.
He should voluntarily go to the IL by the way his season is going.
Mets are fatigued. Give conforto some rest and davis too. Let Rajah fill in for them on different days