{"id":430019,"date":"2023-07-16T09:57:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T09:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=430019"},"modified":"2023-07-16T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T09:57:11","slug":"mets-edwin-diaz-is-not-ruling-out-return-but-would-it-be-as-effective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mets-edwin-diaz-is-not-ruling-out-return-but-would-it-be-as-effective\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Edwin Diaz Is Not Ruling Out Return But Would It Be As Effective?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Diaz, the outstanding closer for the New York Mets, tore his patellar tendon during the World Baseball Classic, but he is not ruling out pitching again this year.<\/p>\n<h2>Mets&#8217; Edwin Diaz Is Not Ruling Out Return But Would It Be As Effective?<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;If everything keeps going how it&#8217;s going, we&#8217;ve got a chance to pitch,&#8221; Diaz told Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. &#8220;The trainers and doctors will decide, but I feel great. Let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s coming for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diaz suffered a knee injury while celebrating a triumph for Team Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic. This occurred on March 15, and the next day, he had surgery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Edwin D\u00edaz is &quot;doing well&quot; and &quot;meeting every benchmark&quot; in his rehabilitation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hIueDRBizY\">https:\/\/t.co\/hIueDRBizY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P7ELqKgl9o\">pic.twitter.com\/P7ELqKgl9o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY (@SNYtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYtv\/status\/1680328932820758528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The injured closer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/mets\">Mets<\/a>, according to manager Buck Showalter, &#8220;is doing a lot of things he wasn&#8217;t doing&#8221; earlier in his recovery. However, he declined to go into further detail regarding Diaz&#8217;s rehabilitation on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s meeting every benchmark,\u2019\u2019 Showalter said.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Mets&#8217; 5-1 defeat to the Dodgers on Saturday night at Citi Field, Showalter stated that Diaz&#8217;s schedule would not be influenced by the team&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to his brother Alexis, Edwin D\u00edaz is throwing from 125 to 150 feet every day and has been recovering &quot;pretty fast&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lp9HLjApNm\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lp9HLjApNm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPLennon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DPLennon<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8vo9mKKQah\">pic.twitter.com\/8vo9mKKQah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNY_Mets\/status\/1678910807227129858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the medical people say he\u2019s ready for the next step, he\u2019ll take it,\u2019\u2019 Showalter said. \u201cWe\u2019re not gonna push it forward or pull it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other pitchers for the pen might be in Triple-A Syracuse or making their recovery.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/genymets\/status\/1678922287058231296?s=20<\/p>\n<p>Sam Coonrod has advanced in his recovery from a lat injury, according to Showalter, and is currently participating in bullpen sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a really good spring for us and probably would have made the club,\u2019\u2019 Showalter said of the 30-year-old, who appeared in the majors with the Giants and Phillies over the previous four seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">Edwin D\u00edaz does some more throwing at Citi Field <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOlRg1imia\">pic.twitter.com\/ZOlRg1imia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SNY (@SNYtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNYtv\/status\/1680305174819086339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nolan McLean, a two-way player who was selected 91st overall, and right-hander Kade Morris, who was selected 101st overall, were both signed by the Mets in the third round. A.J. Ewing, a shortstop selected 134th overall in the fourth round of compensation, was also signed, it was also reported.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/genymets\/status\/1679195483330183189?s=20<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s uncertain if Diaz will be able to return this season, the fact that his knee has been reacting well to training is encouraging. The start of Diaz&#8217;s throwing program will be the next significant step, but an exact date is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ranking The Teams That Have Performed The Worst Since 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ranking-the-teams-that-have-performed-the-worst-since-2000\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ranking The Teams That Have Performed The Worst Since 2000<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Diaz, the outstanding closer for the New York Mets, tore his patellar tendon during the World Baseball Classic, but he is not ruling out pitching again this year. Mets&#8217; Edwin Diaz Is Not Ruling Out Return But Would It Be As Effective? &#8220;If everything keeps going how it&#8217;s going, we&#8217;ve got a chance to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":404899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,55],"tags":[1383,11445,5952,11444,4997,2221],"class_list":["post-430019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-new-york-mets","tag-edwin-diaz","tag-edwin-diaz-injured","tag-edwin-diaz-injury-updates","tag-edwin-diaz-return","tag-mets-news","tag-mlb-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}