Díaz is available for a team like the San Francisco Giants to pick up in the offseason. Now, the question becomes would the Giants spend the money to sign him?
In a list of the top 50 MLB free agents available right now, The Athletic put Díaz at the No. 11 spot. That’s pretty good in a list of 50 available players.
Díaz had a great 2025 for him as the right-hander finished with an ERA below 2.00 along with converting 28 of his 31 save chances for the Mets.
If Giants manager Tony Vitello could get Díaz to come out of the Giants’ bullpen, then that would be a big, big lift in his first season leading the team.
“After opting out of the final two years of the five-year deal he signed in 2022, Díaz has a chance to once again become the sport’s highest-paid closer,” The Athletic article indicates.
“After missing all of 2023 thanks to a torn knee ligament, and enduring some inconsistency in 2024, Díaz pitched like his best self in 2025,” the article continues. “His ERA was comfortably under 2.00 (1.63), his strikeout rate was 38 percent, and he converted 28 of his 31 save chances.
“Díaz’s velocity has dipped since the knee injury and his transcendent 2022 season, but the mix of his four-seam and his wiffle-ball slider works just so long as he can throw them for strikes,” according to The Athletic.
Would Giants fans welcome Timmy Trumpet out to Oracle Park? That might not be a negotiating point between Díaz and any team looking to sign him.
The Athletic indicates that Díaz might be looking for a four-year, $84 million deal. Besides the Giants, the Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers were listed as potential landing spots for the ace reliever.
Giants fans probably don’t want to see Díaz wearing Dodger blue at all. Imagine the Giants and Dodgers in one of their classic rivalry close games and San Francisco hears Timmy Trumpet playing his song…for the Dodgers.
The question now becomes around the contract. Would the Giants fork over that money for Díaz? Is it a risk they are willing to take ahead of the 2026 MLB season?
Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey and Giants management will have to think long and hard about this. Sure, San Francisco wants to be back in any type of postseason conversation at all.
Yet the Giants need help. Díaz offers them a surefire ace in the bullpen.
There’s time to chat with Díaz and his agent coming up at the Winter Meetings. Let’s see if San Francisco can make a deal to bring Díaz away from the East Coast and to the Bay Area.
