The desert was still yawning to life on Thursday whenEdwin Díazstepped out onto the manicured grass at Camelback Ranch — and just like that, spring training flipped from a warm-up to the starting line of a three-peat in the making.
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TheLos Angeles Dodgers, long looking for someone to lock down the 9th inning,now have a closerwhose résumé reads like a gauntlet thrown down across baseball.
Last season, with the New York Mets, Díaz posted a 1.63 ERA across 66⅓ innings, converting 28 of 31 save opportunities while fanning 98 hitters and walking just 14.
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That performance vaulted him into the upper echelon of relief arms — a No. 3 ranking in “The Shredder,” a No. 5 nod from Brian Kenny, and a top-5 placement from Mike Petriello.
The traffic through the Dodgers’ bullpen in 2025 was a carousel of uncertainty — veteran closers like Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates flamed out and October saw starting pitchers closing games, a surreal twist that culminated in a World Series Game 7 victory built on Snell, Glasnow, and Yamamoto.
L.A. needed a high-leverage reliever. They got Díaz.
He arrives not as a reclamation project or a placeholder, but as a reigning force. His heater sits in the upper 90s, his slider wipes batters out, and his track record of dominance demands respect.
Thetrumpet is ready to blare. DJ Severe has “Narco” queued up on his playlist. And for the Dodgers, spring training just got its newest bullpen star.
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