Former NY Mets Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz continue down opposite sides of the tracks

Pete Alonso’s Citi Field return on Monday didn’t get him career home run number 300. Even so, his Baltimore Orioles helped eliminate the New York Mets from the playoffs, officially. That wasn’t the biggest part of the night. Each Alonso at-bat was a festival. It wouldn’t have been much different if he was going for 301. Fans love the guy.

The same can’t be said about Edwin Diaz. Both incredibly popular at their peaks, their departures from the Mets along with the circumstances which have taken place with their new teams couldn’t be more different. Multiple stories about Alonso being everything the Orioles wanted have been written all year. This isn’t the case with Diaz.

In fact, the latest on Diaz has him potentially off of the Los Angeles Dodgers postseason roster altogether.

The Dodgers aren’t even sure they want Edwin Diaz around for October

If the 11.85 ERA in 2026 wasn’t enough of a reason to have doubts about his place with the team, Diaz has given them more of a scare with the way his rehab has gone. His 5 earned runs in only 0.2 innings on Sunday was more than enough of an indication that maybe they need to cut their losses and hold back from allowing Diaz to pitch in any playoff game.

The minor league season finishes up in a week with only one more on the MLB calendar. The Dodgers will most likely activate Diaz at some point. However, Diaz looking shaky at all could have them scrubbing him from their playoff blueprint. They’ve done perfectly fine without him.

The contrast between Alonso’s post-Mets career and Diaz was already underway when reports of how the free agent negotiations were going came out. The Mets never made Alonso an offer. Diaz, allegedly, agreed to his deal with the Dodgers with the knowledge the Mets were willing to match or beat it. He never went back to the Mets to see if they were indeed willing to.

The perception became bad for the Mets on letting Alonso go, good on the Mets for making an attempt to sign Diaz. Diaz became the villain while Alonso became the hero who was sent out with the trash.

No heroes’ welcome is awaiting Diaz whenever he pitches at Citi Field again. Contrary to Alonso who feels more popular than ever, it’s looking more and more as if nobody will be in the postseason: the Mets, Alonso, or Diaz.

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