Edwin Diaz delivers extremely blunt, simple message to Mets about choosing Dodgers

Edwin Díaz's departure from the New York Mets hasn't been without bitterness on all sides. When news of Díaz signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers first broke, Mets fans were the bitter ones, feeling like Steve Cohen and David Stearns had just low-balled them out of a Díaz-Devin Williams dynamic duo in 2026.

In defense of the fans here, the Mets had been expressing interest in keeping Díaz, and his ultimate $69 million check from the Dodgers wasn't anywhere beyond Cohen's wheelhouse, nor was it an exorbitantly higher expense than the $51 million the Mets handed to Williams, an inferior asset.

Within 24 hours of the Díaz-Dodgers development going live, things got more complicated. Pete Alonso joined the Baltimore Orioles the very next day, shifting much of Mets Nation's angst away from Díaz.

But Díaz has attracted further drama to his exit in the days since with remarks that have been thinly veiled shots at the Mets.

Edwin Díaz is basically saying the Mets can't win a championship with his latest run of comments

“We have a team that’s gonna win," Díaz said during an informal interview that hit social media on Monday. "At this point in my career, I’m looking for a team that has the opportunity to win. The decision was the Mets or the Dodgers, and I chose the Dodgers because again, I think they’re gonna win.”

This was a similar sentiment that Díaz expressed when he first put on a Dodgers uniform during his introductory press conference with the organization last week. “I’m looking to win,” Díaz said. “Picking the Dodgers was pretty easy.”

In the aftermath of Díaz's shade-throwing, Mets fans have recalibrated their bitterness over Díaz -- once aimed in the direction of Stearns/Cohen -- and now have it aimed at Díaz himself, labeling the closer as a ring chaser and an anti-Met.

Then there's the bitterness coming from Díaz (hence the comments) ... why? Is it because Díaz is that upset that the Mets didn't let him know they were signing Williams? Is it because he is still upset that the Mets fired pitching coach Jeremy Hefner?

The answer is ... probably. And while it seems like Díaz should be able to pack that stuff away and remain professional during his transition from New York to LA, you can't fault the guy too much for having emotions and feeling some type of way about how he was treated by his club. There's also another element at play here: Díaz might have also wanted to join the Dodgers just to have an easier path to a ring, which is basically what he's admitting.

The comments are petty, no doubt, and they do nothing to enhance Díaz's reputation or standing in MLB. They can also be silenced within a calendar year if the Mets go out there and contend like they did in 2024.