Good morning, Dodger followers.
Nearer Edwin Díaz‘s take care of the Los Angeles Dodgers is for 3 years and $69 million, sources inform ESPN. The Dodgers, who have been focusing on bullpen assist this winter, acquired the perfect nearer in the marketplace, setting a brand new AAV file for relievers.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 9, 2025
The Dodgers’ curiosity in Edwin Diaz wasn’t a State secret, however it seems this deal got here collectively slightly rapidly. Just some weeks after the Mets signed Devin Williams to a 3-year, $51 million deal, the Dodgers countered by snagging Diaz away from the Mets.
Diaz, 32 in March, is extensively thought-about the perfect nearer in baseball. He’s coming off a 2025 season that noticed him pitch to a 1.63 ERA, 2.28 FIP and submit a 29.8 Ok-BB%.
With that a lot purple in his Statcast profile, the numbers make sense and the Dodgers’ curiosity in him does as properly.
Diaz is a real 2-pitch pitcher. He’s armed with a high-90s 4-seam fastball and a wipeout slider that’s Prime 10 in MLB amongst relievers in whiff charge. He’s additionally good at protecting the ball within the yard regardless of not being the perfect at limiting opposing hitters’ skill to tug fly balls within the air towards him. He excels at limiting onerous contact, even when his 88.5 MPH common exit velocity towards was his highest in since 2019. It was nonetheless under MLB common and his xBA, xSLG, and xwOBA are all within the Prime 1 or 2% in MLB. That’s the sort of arm the Dodgers are signing.
He slots into the Dodgers’ bullpen because the unquestioned nearer after their Tanner Scott gambit didn’t precisely pan out within the first 12 months of his 4-year pact (although, Dodger brass is assured in a Scott bounce-back). And Diaz gained’t simply be a ninth-inning possibility for the Dodgers. He logged a couple of inning 11 occasions in his 62 appearances.
Diaz was given the qualifying provide by the Mets, so there will likely be some draft and worldwide bonus penalties with this deal.
With the Dodgers agreeing to a take care of Edwin Díaz, the Mets will obtain a compensation decide after the 4th spherical, and LA will lose their 2nd- & Fifth-highest picks, in addition to $1 million from their int’l bonus pool.
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— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) December 9, 2025
Truthfully, it’s value it. The Dodgers’ World Sequence window is vast open, and including top-tier expertise needs to be the precedence. It doesn’t get extra top-tier than Diaz.
They’re making an attempt to repair a leaky ‘pen. Upgrading to Diaz from Scott, Blake Treinen and Kirby Yates is a incredible solution to just do that.
