Getty Edwin Díaz #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on
Edwin Diaz signed a three-year, $69 million contract in December. It made him baseball’s highest-paid reliever by average annual salary. His first season for the Los Angeles Dodgers has not matched that price tag.
Diaz opened the year on a rocky note. He allowed one run through his first five outings. Two rough appearances followed.
Doctors then found loose bodies in his right elbow. He had arthroscopic surgery and missed roughly 100 days.
He returned in late July and posted mixed results. The Dodgers placed him back on
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