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By David Hong
The New York Mets clearly have had a disappointing 2023 season, playing well below their high expectations. One of the biggest factors to that, has been the injury to their closer Edwin Diaz, which happened during the World Baseball Classic back in March right before the regular season started. It clearly has affected the bullpen, which has struggled all season without their dominant closer.
Diaz suffered a complete tear of the right patellar tendon of his knee, while celebrating Team Puerto Rico’s win over Dominican Republic. This kind of injury keeps players out for about 6 to 12 months, and that was expected to be the case for Diaz. In other words, he was expected to miss the entire 2023 season.
Diaz has done very well in his road to recovery, doing better than expected. He has started throwing off a mound towards the end of August. If all goes well, Diaz has a chance to even pitch in a game before the regular season ends.
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