Overview
- Diaz has agreed to join the Dodgers on a three-year, $69 million contract, according to Newsday, with the deal not yet official.
- Because Diaz declined the Mets’ $22.025 million qualifying offer, Los Angeles will owe New York a compensatory draft pick under MLB rules.
- The Mets signed Devin Williams to a three-year, $51 million contract earlier in the offseason and intend for him to close, per team president David Stearns.
- Stearns said the team will keep pursuing bullpen help through free agency and trades as it retools its late-inning options.
- Diaz is coming off a 1.63 ERA and 28 saves, while Williams aims to rebound from a 4.79 ERA that was offset by strong strikeout and FIP metrics.