While much of Saturday’s spotlight fell on Jacob deGrom making his first start of the spring, the win over the Astros also featured Edwin Diaz’s spring debut.
And it couldn’t have been much smoother for the 26-year-old, as he needed only seven pitches in a 1-2-3 bottom of the third. Diaz struck out Houston’s Bryan De La Cruz swinging, and then forced two groundballs to Francisco Lindor for an easy inning of work.
After the game, Diaz said that he treated Saturday’s outing as if it was a regular season outing, saying he feels ready for the regular season right now.
“I’m taking this game pretty much as the start of the regular season,” Diaz said after his outing, via a team translator. “I’ve already had three live BPs, which I’ve used those as practice, but right now my mentality is as if this is a regular season game.
“Compared to other guys who have only thrown one live BP, I’ve thrown three, so right now my pitches feel good. I feel like I’m ready to go into the regular season the way that I am right now, so I’m thankful to continue to get my work in right now, but going into the season, I feel prepared as I am right now.”
Diaz had a difficult first season in Queens in 2019, but he turned things around in 2020, pitching to a career-best 1.75 ERA while continuing to be a strikeout machine, striking out a whopping 17.5 batters through nine innings.
The 2020 season was a smaller sample size, of course, as Diaz pitched just 25.2 innings during the shortened 60-game season.
Now, the reliever sounds more than ready to prove that he can build off those strong numbers come Opening Day.
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