Edwin Díaz

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Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy (born March 22, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets. Díaz was selected by the Mariners in the third round of the 2012 MLB draft and made his MLB debut with them in 2016. One month after his MLB debut, Díaz set a Mariners franchise record by recording 11 consecutive outs via strikeout. He surpassed Hall of Famer Randy Johnson's previous franchise record of 10, set in 1997. Díaz was subsequently named the team's closer. After recording 18 saves, he finished fifth in the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year voting in 2016. In 2018, Díaz earned his first All-Star selection and won the AL Reliever of the Year Award after leading MLB with 57 saves. Following that season, the Mariners traded him to the Mets, where he played until 2025. During his tenure with the Mets, he earned two additional All-Star selections, won...

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