The 10-game sentence that the Mets closer earned for his sticky-stuff ejection on Sunday night at Wrigley Field is not being appealed. He will start serving his suspension on Tuesday night, which is the opening game of the Subway Series against the Yankees.
The 30-year-old Diaz can make a comeback on July 6 when the Pirates visit Pittsburgh for the second game of a four-game wraparound series.
Before Edwin Díaz could throw a pitch, officials searched him for sticky material, and he was dismissed from the game.
The right-hander did not get to throw a pitch Sunday night as umpires checked him when he was going to warm up for the ninth inning and tossed him for what they deemed to be a suspiciously sticky hand.
Diaz said he only had sweat and rosin on his right hand.
“I think it’s the same [stickiness],” Diaz said after the game. “They always check me, they let me pitch. But today it was hotter than earlier in the season, I don’t know, they thought it was stickier, so I take the suspension
“Since they found nothing in my glove, cap, or belt, I shall continue to use the same item. I’m going to stick with [the same thing].
Vic Carapazza, the crew chief, refuted Diaz’s assertion.
After the match, Carapazza told a pool reporter, “It definitely wasn’t rosin and sweat.” We have thousands of these checked. I am familiar with the emotion. This was really clingy.
“Since they found nothing in my glove, cap, or belt, I shall continue to use the same item. I’m going to stick with [the same thing].
Vic Carapazza, the crew chief, refuted Diaz’s assertion.
After the match, Carapazza told a pool reporter, “It definitely wasn’t rosin and sweat.” We have thousands of these checked. I am familiar with the emotion. This was really clingy.
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