Was named the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year and earned AL All-Star honors for the first time in his career.Finished eighth in the AL Cy Young Award balloting.Also received five votes for the AL MVP Award and finished 18th.Was a four-time AL Reliever of the Month honoree, taking the award in April, June, July and August.Was the first non-rookie to win at least four monthly awards in a season since Pedro Martinez earned four AL Pitcher of the Month honors in 1999.Went 57-61 (93.4 percent) in save opportunities, while posting a record of 0-4 with a 1.96 ERA (16 earned runs/73.1 innings) with 124 strikeouts and 17 walks in 73 relief appearances with the Mariners.
Posted the best K/9 ratio of his career (15.4), striking out 99 batters in 58.0 innings.Recorded each out in an outing via strikeout 18 times.Notched his first save as a Met in his team debut on Opening Day at Nationals Park, preserving a 2-0 Mets' victory with a strikeout.His final strikeout of the season was his 400th of his career.Had the ninth-most saves in the National League (26). 2 through the end of the season.Had at least one strikeout in 24 of his 26 appearances and two or more strikeouts in 16 of those outings.Struck out 50 of the 110 batters he faced (Mets-record 45.5 percent strikeout rate, min. 22 and allowed one earned run over his final 12.2 innings (0.71 ERA).After allowing two earned runs in his first three appearances (2.1 innings), yielded just three earned runs for the rest of the season (23.1 innings), good for a 1.16 ERA from Aug. 25.0 innings).Tossed 11.0 consecutive scoreless innings from Aug. 15.0 innings).Was second among major league relievers with a 1.75 ERA and 11th with a. Had 50 strikeouts in 25.2 innings.Was third among major-league relievers in strikeouts.Averaged a career-best 17.53 strikeouts per nine innings, which was third among relievers (min. Pittsburgh.Did not allow a home run in his first 36 games (36.0 innings)…Was part of a streak of 49.0 innings without allowing a home run dating back to August 31, 2020. 50 games in relief).Recorded his 500th career strikeout on July 11 vs. 165 (18-109) batting average, fifth-lowest in the National League and tied for the ninth-lowest in the majors among right-handed relief pitchers (min. Had a career-high five wins.Reached the 30-save mark for the third time in his career.Became the seventh Mets relief pitcher to record 30 or more saves in a single season.Ranked fifth in the National League and seventh in the majors with 32 saves.Was fifth in the National League and 12th in the majors among relief pitchers with 89 strikeouts.Became the eighth reliever in Mets history to have multiple seasons with 25 or more saves, joining John Franco, Armando Benítez, Billy Wagner, Braden Looper, Francisco Rodríguez, Tug McGraw and Jeurys Familia.Held left-handed batters to a.
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Is nicknamed "Sugar".Received the moniker when his high school travel team watched the baseball movie "Sugar" and decided that Díaz resembled the Dominican title character.Aided with relief following a string of earthquakes in Puerto Rico in early 2020, shopping for supplies and driving two hours across the island with members of his extended family to Peñuelas to distribute water, paper towels, toiletries and first-aid kits.Also helped with relief efforts in Puerto Rico after the 2017 season following Hurricane Maria, which struck the island in September 2017.After the 2019 season, he sent videos of his bullpen sessions to Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez.Martínez offered advice about his mechanics via FaceTime.Keeps an entire bucket of bubble gum in his locker.