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The Mets’ best reliever this season?&nbsp;

<a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/sports/edwin-diazs-wild-escape-act-helps-mets-survive-for-win-to-open-key-reds-series/">Edwin Díaz</a>.&nbsp;

The Mets’ second-best reliever this season?&nbsp;

Whoever they are about to abuse twice — first with multiple innings, then by either optioning them back to the minors or removing them from the major leagues.&nbsp;

But the union should not only fight to end this assembly-line pitching epidemic, MLB should be its partner. Because this is not good for the game. {ai:summary}Mike Puma’s Mets updates via Sports+ offer inside buzz from Queens.Edwin Díaz is the Mets’ best reliever; the second-best is the reliever they’ll overwork—long relief, then optioned to the minors or cut. #sports

MLB needs to fix this pitching epidemic Mets and others exploit

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