PORT ST. LUCIE — Mets nearer Edwin Díaz will make his first Grapefruit League look Monday when the Mets host the Marlins at Clover Park, supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated.
Díaz, who missed all of 2023 with a torn patellar tendon sustained in a World Baseball Traditional celebration, will enter after starter Tylor Megill and throw a most of 20 pitches in his newest step towards anchoring the Mets’ bullpen as soon as once more.
“The truth that he will get to pitch in a significant league sport for the primary time after a protracted yr of rehab and all that, I believe, is essential for all of us, clearly for him,” Mendoza stated Sunday earlier than the Mets hosted the Tigers, “and we’re excited to observe him pitch [Monday].”
Díaz has thrown in two video games on the again fields this spring, together with an intrasquad look Tuesday the place he tossed 14 pitches and recorded outs towards the three hitters he confronted.
He stated afterward that he feels “one hundred pc prepared,” and Díaz then adopted that by dealing with 4 further hitters Friday.
“I believe I would be the similar man,” Diaz stated Feb. 12 after a bullpen session. “I do know my physique and the way I’ve to assault the hitters and how you can make pitches … and what I’ve to do to achieve success.”
The 2-time All-Star recorded 32 saves and compiled a 1.31 ERA throughout 61 appearances in 2022, and that led to a five-year, $102 million deal within the offseason that — on the time, till Josh Hader’s pact with the Astros in January — set the file for relievers.
However he hasn’t thrown a regular-season pitch since that deal.
Díaz was injured when celebrating Puerto Rico’s win — a sport the place he recorded the ultimate out and was the middle of a celebration on the mound — and exited in a wheelchair.
With out him, the Mets’ patchwork bullpen revolved round Brooks Raley, Adam Ottavino, Drew Smith and David Robertson.