[Puma] Two other factors that didn’t help the Mets in trying to retain Edwin Diaz: Diaz’s brother Alexis was with the Dodgers last season and spoke glowingly of the staff and infrastructure. Also, Edwin Diaz was less than thrilled the Mets dumped pitching coach Jeremy Hefner.

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  1. Time for fans of all teams to realize that LA will outspend everyone, will get every player from Japan they want, will be favored to win it all yearly, offer their players the best weather and player friendly environment, etc.
    Unless player X has a strong emotional tie to an organization or location, LA wants they will get

  2. Puma is a shitposter for the shitpost. But also, there’s probably some truth there about Hefner at least

  4. He jumped to the World Series winning champs we know why. It is his best chance for a ring, i hope he never gets it.

  5. Yet another reason why it was fucking stupid to dump Hefner. Dude was expected to turn shit into gold with a shitty injured rotation and bullpen.

  6. It’s not the like franchise was extremely patient and accommodating with him in 2023. Through all the rehab stints and the ups and downs of his career in his previous contract, there was no way the Mets were less than stellar in taking care of him. They still put the money on the table and he took it right to LA for an extra mil a year. It is what it is.

  7. I mean that may be a factor but….hes clearly chasing a World Series ring here. Hes hopping on that bandwagon

  8. literally every breaking news story is from twitter. if you’re going to ban that platform, go all in and ban it already

  12. Cohen has invested heavily in the infrastructure especially around pitching and it’s a bit disheartening to see they’re apparently still far behind the Dodgers and other high–end teams (we heard similar things about the Astros I think a few years ago).

  13. He tried his hardest for us, that I will be thankful for, but watching him the last couple seasons, I’m not really upset to see him go. I can’t wait to see us get walk-off wins against him.

  14. What the hell does “infrastructure” mean? If that shit matters to players then take $100 million in player salary and allocate it towards “infrastructure” improvements.

    Diaz got the Dodgers to match the Mets offer and he’s going to a repeat champion. Anything else he says is complete gibberish.

  20. I love when NY media starts telling lies and making it seem like the mets at their core is an issue after spending all of last winter talking about how players WANT TO BE METS because of how the team takes care of their players. Edwin wanted a guarenteed championship. What’s the best way to guarantee that? Be the greatest team in baseball since the late 90’s yankees.

  21. I hate all this. He was treated like an absolute king by this origination. He didn’t leave because of how well LA treated his brother.

    He wants a ring and was probably tired of NY, maybe tired of the clubhouse drama we keep hearing about.

    I hope he never wins, but I also hope him the best.

  22. The Hefner comment is such obvious rage-bait, stop falling for it. Of course he didn’t like that the Mets fired the guy he worked with for 5 years, you could’ve probably found players saying the exact same thing about Chavez, Chili Davis, etc.

  23. He doesn’t like it here. Sometimes a contract ain’t worth all that. Go live someplace warm. And fuck the Dodgers

  24. It’s not about living some place warm, during baseball season all the cities they visit are warm, and without the smog and traffic. Honestly with how much the dodgers spend I’m surprised they don’t helicopter the team-in to avoid traffic, if they don’t already? And then in the off season they split and go to another state/country usually, esp foreign players. So I think he signed mostly for the best odds of winning a ring, which is quite bitch-made tbh with how stacked the dodgers are.

    ‘*diaz was less than thrilled the mets fired the pitching coach*’

    sounds like BS and a lie, I doubt he’d say that right away if at all, at some point these reporters have to be held accountable. This mike puma guy seems like an idiot. He’s the idiot that took and posted pics of deGrom picking up pizzas (illegally photographing in a private business without consent) during spring training and then clowned degrom on twitter:

    *This guy picking up his pizzas – he had sheepishly left earlier because there was no order for “deGrom” and he thought he was in the wrong place. Turns out the order was under “Jacob.” He wasn’t as pissed – at me or about the order snafu – as he looks in this picture.*

    https://preview.redd.it/seff1aye3b6g1.jpeg?width=675&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39bc252fbbe39128a420c7ee8f2aab40db775cd8

  25. The sense of the entitlement that has infected this fanbase is worrisome. Some Mets fans carry on like early 2000’s Yanqui fans.

  26. It’ll be interesting to see what spreadsheet Stearns offers other relievers. My guess is he didn’t care if Diaz walked

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