Pretty much a toss up, right? Or at the very least, a case can be made for either pitcher. Yesterday, while Diaz was on the mound, Wilson Ramos was behind the plate. Six of the seven Dodger batters that Diaz faced were left-handed.Īs, if not more, surprising is that in away games, batters are now hitting. 188/.250/.531 against Diaz whereas, right-handed batters are hitting. What makes yesterday’s outing particularly surprising is that, after it, left-handed hitters are batting. “I thought I threw excellent pitches.” Anthony DiComo - Edwin Diaz blows save against Dodgers | New York Mets “Today was easily the worst day of my career, the worst game of my career, the worst game of the season for me,” Diaz said through an interpreter. The next chart, a spray chart shows how spread out the Dodgers’ batted balls were. Only 43.3% of the pitchers were in the zone however, the Dodgers swung at 84.6% of them, showing excellent plate discipline: They made contact with 81.8 % of them. But the average exit velocity of the fastballs was 100.1 mph, four mph faster than for the sliders. Further, while 11 fastballs were fouled off only one slider was. Three of the nine sliders were batted balls, but only three of the 21 fastballs were. Here are Diaz’s pitches the Dodgers hit (data from Baseball Savant):ĭiaz threw 30 pitches, but only four- and two-seam fastballs and sliders. Cody Bellinger’s is not.) Source: Baseball Savant The chart below shows the pitch location of five of the six batted balls. Source: FanGraphsįive of the seven batters that Diaz faced had batted balls: two homers, two doubles, an intentional walk, a single, and a sacrifice fly.
The graphic below shows how the game’s Win Expectancy shifted in the bottom of the ninth. Then, seven batters and one out later, the Dodgers won the game 9-8. When he entered the game in the bottom of the ninth, the Dodgers had a 3.4% chance of winning, according to FanGraphs. As a result, his ERA in away games jumped to 4.50. Today, he is the face to what currently is an abysmal trade - Seattle received one of the majors’ best prospects in Jarred Kelenic while the Mets got Diaz and Robinson Cano, who had his worst season at the plate and with health in 2019.ĭespite the hope that Hefner expresses, the Diaz problem does not appear to be a quick fix.ĭuring yesterday’s ninth inning loss, the Mets’ closer, Edwin Diaz, pitched batting practice for the Dodgers. That is what we have been focusing on,” Hefner said.ĭiaz says one thing Hefner another. “He can only control what is going on in his chest and inside of his brain. However, poor pitching mechanics do not appear to be what most concerns Hefner. New pitching coach Jeremy Hefner has inherited the Diaz problem. In 2019, why weren’t the Mets able to figure that out? That failure is not just a coaching problem, it is a team problem, one Mets GM Van Wagenen has been trying to resolve.
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Sherman writes, “He opened up his front shoulder too soon too often, plus his hand position was off.” Diaz adds, ““I left too many pitches right in the middle.” Those are the only two pitches Diaz has thrown this season with 63.1% of them four-seamers and 36.9% sliders.īased on the above data, Diaz is at his best when he does not fall behind in the count, throws more sliders than four-seamers, faces left-handed batters, and pitches in home day games. 213 SLG, but when he throws his four-seamer, batters are hitting. The lower the value, the better.įurther, when he throws the slider, batters are hitting. With regard to the effectiveness of his pitches, the run value when he throws his slider is -6 whereas, against his fastball it is +6. 175/.303/.222ĭiaz is at his best on two-strike counts.
Similarly, in day games, his record is 3-1 whereas, in night games it is 0-3.Įven more surprising are his slash lines for right- and left-handed batters. In home games, his record is 3-1 whereas, in away games it is 0-3. In particular this season, Diaz’s performance in away games has been worse than in home games.
Over the past 30 days, his performance based on his ERA has been on the decline. Let’s start by looking at his ERA as the season has progressed:
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