After the latest flop, Edwin Diaz's role fluid closer is the Winnipeg Free Press

Edwin Diaz's role for the New York Mets was light after the game against Miami.

The two-time All-Star has blown two consecutive saves and three of his last four, the latest when he blew a four-run lead in the ninth inning of Saturday's 10-inning loss.

“He's doing everything he can to help this team win baseball games, whether it's going seventh, eighth, ninth, losing, winning,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday. “Now it's up to me and all of us to decide during the game where I want to use it.”

New York Mets pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) reacts after giving up a run to the Philadelphia Phillies during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

In the second season of a five-year, $102 million contract, Diaz has a 10.80 ERA over his last eight games after allowing four homers in 8 1/3 innings. The 30-year-old right-hander has a 5.50 season ERA.

“I'm open to anything,” Diaz said Saturday. “I want to help my team win. That's my main thing. If they want to talk to me about it and I feel good about it, I'll go for it. I just want to win in whatever position they put me in.”

Diaz saved 32 games and struck out 118 in 62 innings to lead the Mets to 101 wins and the NL wild card in 2022. He tore his right patellar tendon while celebrating a victory with Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic and missed the game. the whole season.