Famous Puerto Rican baseball player Edwin Diaz net worth is $7 Million USD. Edwin Diaz is a baseball pitcher who plays for the New York Mets in the National Baseball League (MLB) baseball team. Before joining the New York Mets, he played MLB for the Seattle Mariners from 2016 to 2018. In this article, we will briefly examine Edwin Diaz net worth and his income details. But before that let us have some brief information about him.

Edwin Diaz Net Worth, Income Details, Family and Career Details

Brief Information about Edwin Diaz

Name	Edwin Diaz
Real Name	Edwin Orlando Diaz Laboy
Nick Name	Sugar
Date of Birth	22 March 1994
Age	28 years
Father	Edwin Diaz Garcia
Mother	Beatriz Laboy Mendez
Brother	Alexis Diaz
Wife	Nashaly Mercado
Children	Gahel Diaz Sebastian Diaz
Occupation	Athlete, Baseball player
Net Worth in USD	$7 Million USD

Edwin Orlando Diaz Laboy, popularly known as Edwin Diaz is a professional Puerto Rican baseball player who plays the Major League Baseball (MLB) for the team New York Mets. He joined the New York Mets in 2019. Before joining the New York Mets, he played for the Seattle Mariners from 2016 to 2018. Edwin Diaz made his professional debut in 2016 with the Seattle Mariners.

Edwin Diaz was born on 22 March 1994 in Naguabo, Puerto Rico. He is 28 years old as of 2022. Edwin Diaz’s father’s name is Edwin Diaz Garcia and his mother’s name is Beatriz Laboy Mendez. Edwin Diaz has a brother named Alexis Diaz, a professional baseball player playing for the Cincinnati Reds. He also has a younger sister but her name is still unknown.

Edwin Diaz got married to Nashaly Mercado. Edwin Diaz and Nashaly Mercado are parents to their two sons Gahel Diaz and Sebastian Diaz.

Edwin Diaz net worth is $7 Million USD as of 2021. He is a professional baseball player who plays for the New York Mets in the MLB. Edwin Diaz is one of the best pitchers in the MLB. His skills have made him one of the highest-paid players in the MLB and it has paid him some serious money in the last few years. According to reports, Edwin Diaz net worth has increased majorly every year since he joined New York Mets from Seattle Mariners. Let us have a look at Edwin Diaz net worth and his income details in brief.

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Edwin Diaz Net Worth and Income Details

As mentioned earlier, Edwin Diaz net worth is $7 Million USD and it has been increasing over the past few years. Edwin Diaz started his professional baseball career with the Seattle Mariners and he has since then improved himself to be one of the best pitchers in the game. Now Edwin Diaz plays for the New York Mets and since joining the New York Mets his net worth has grown every year. Here is how Edwin Diaz net worth grew over the last few years.

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Edwin Diaz Net Worth Growth

Years	Net Worth in USD
2021	$7 Million USD
2020	$5.1 Million USD
2019	$670,000 USD
2018	$590,000 USD
2017	$500,000 USD

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Edwin Diaz Income Details

Edwin Diaz has an annual income of more than $6.5 Million USD. The main source of Edwin Diaz’s wealth is the annual salary he receives from his club, the New York Mets. According to the contract he signed in 2021, he received an annual salary of $7 Million USD. Before joining the New York Mets, Edwin Diaz had an annual salary of $570,000 USD from the Seattle Mariners. According to the recent contract he signed with the New York Mets, Edwin Diaz will receive an annual salary of $10 Million USD by the end of 2022.

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Edwin Diaz Career Highlights

Edwin Diaz got selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 98th overall pick in the 2012 MLB drafts out of Caguas Military Academy.

Edwin Diaz started playing for the Arizona Mariners in Minor League Baseball. He made his debut for the Arizona Mariners.

In 2014, Edwin Diaz was named the 5th best player for the Arizona Mariners by Baseball America.

During his time with Arizona Mariners, Edwin Diaz was selected as the Starting Pitcher of the Minor League alongside Jordan Pries.

After playing 4 years in Minor League Baseball for the Arizona Mariners, he was called to play for the Seattle Mariners on 4 June 2016, in Major League Baseball.

On 28 June and 3 July, Edwin Diaz recorded 10 consecutive out via strikeout. He tied this record, which was a team record that was set in 1997. He broke this record on 6 July 2016 when he has his 11th consecutive out via strikeout.

On 1 August 2016, Edwin Diaz became the Mariners’ closer by replacing Steve Cishek.

Edwin Diaz became the first pitcher in 123 years by reaching his 50th strikeout in only 25 and third innings.

Edwin Diaz made his first All-Star appearance when he was named to the 2018 All-Star game. With 36 saves, Edwin Diaz became the holder of the Seattle Mariners club record of saves which was previously held by Kazuhiro Sasaki with 29 saves in 2001.

In December 2018, Edwin Diaz was traded to the New York Mets by the Seattle Mariners. Edwin Diaz made his first save for the New York Mets against the Washington Nationals on opening day.

Edwin Diaz had a poor start to his New York Mets career as his ERA+ dropped from 210 to 74 at the start of the 2019 campaign.

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