"Diaz returned to the open market this winter, opting out of the final two seasons of the record-breaking five-year, $102MM contract he signed with the Mets the last time he was a free agent. The right-hander had been guaranteed $38MM over the final two seasons of that contract, so by opting out and testing the market, he secured himself an additional one year and $31MM in guarantees."
"He's spent the past seven years in Queens and, after a rocky first campaign, has turned in a collective 2.36 ERA (2.12 SIERA, 2.15 FIP) with a mammoth 40.8% strikeout rate and 8.9% walk rate. Diaz has piled up 144 saves in 332 appearances as a Met. For the Dodgers, Diaz represents the most on-the-nose means of addressing a problem that nearly doomed them in the postseason: a lack of reliable bullpen help."
Rafael Diaz agreed to a three-year, $69 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, guaranteeing $23 million per season and setting a new reliever AAV record. Diaz opted out of the final two seasons of a prior five-year, $102 million Mets contract to gain an extra year and $31 million in guarantees beyond the $38 million originally remaining. Diaz produced a 2.36 ERA (2.12 SIERA, 2.15 FIP) with a 40.8% strikeout rate and 8.9% walk rate, totaling 144 saves in 332 appearances over seven seasons in Queens. The Dodgers signed Diaz to bolster a bullpen depleted by injuries that forced high-leverage reliance on starters in the postseason.
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