In a video shared by the official MLB account on X (formerly Twitter), Edwin Diaz, star closer for the New York Mets, opened his heart and told a little-known aspect of his career: at the beginning, he did not want to be a pitcher.
From resistance to change to the top of baseball
Diaz confessed that, in his early steps in baseball, he was not enthusiastic about the idea of pitching from the mound. His goal was to excel in other positions on the field. However, over time, he understood that his natural talent and his future were precisely in the role he least liked at the beginning: being a pitcher.
This change in mentality led him to perfect his mechanics, gain confidence and evolve into one of the most dominant relievers in Major League Baseball.
The transformation of the Mets
Today, Edwin Diaz is synonymous with security in the ninth inning for the Mets. His explosive fastball and devastating slider have placed him among the best closers in MLB. In addition, his iconic entrance to the sound of “Narco” by Blasterjaxx & Timmy Trumpet transformed him into a spectacle in itself, electrifying each presentation in Queens.
Inspiration for young players
Diaz’s testimony serves as a reminder that beginnings do not always define an athlete’s story. What initially seemed like a burden ended up being the path that catapulted him to the elite of professional baseball“Everything changed,” Diaz himself says in the video, noting that what he once disliked became his passion and the basis of his sporting legacy.
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