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By Patrick McAvoy
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There will be a new closer taking the hill for the New York Mets when the 2026 Major League Baseball season gets here.
Fortunately for New York, the Mets signed Devin Williams to a three-year deal before the winter meetings because former New York closer Edwin Díaz reportedly is in agreement to join the Los Angeles Dodgers on a historic three-year, $69 million deal, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
"Closer Edwin Díaz's deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers is for three years and $69 million, sources tell ESPN," Passan wrote on X. "The Dodgers, who were targeting bullpen help this winter, got the best closer on the market, setting a new AAV record for relievers."
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Will Sammon of The Athletic was the first to report that Díaz and the Dodgers were in agreement on a deal on Tuesday morning.
"Edwin Díaz and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a deal, league source tells The Athletic," Sammon wrote on X.
Díaz joined the Mets ahead of the 2019 campaign. He pitched in six seasons for the Mets and was electric. Overall, he appeared in 332 games as a member of the organization and logged a 2.93 ERA and tallied 144 saves with the organization.
Díaz's reported deal with the Dodgers will set a new AAV record for relievers at $23 million, as Passan notes. Before the deal, Díaz had a five-year, $102 million deal with the Mets ($20.4 million AAV), which was the previous record. Right now, the second-highest AAV for a reliever belongs to Josh Hader of the Houston Astros at $19 million.
The two-time reigning World Series champions seemingly had just one weakness, and that was the bullpen. Now, it appears they've resolved that problem in a major way.
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