Mets’ Francisco Lindor on ‘heartbreaking’ Edwin Diaz injury: ‘I couldn’t stop crying’

Last week, Edwin Diaz suffered a devastating injury. In a matter of seconds, the trajectory of his next several months had changed.

And his New York Mets and Team Puerto Rico teammate Francisco Lindor was there to witness it.

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“It was heartbreaking,” Lindor said Monday, via Mike Puma of the New York Post. “I never knew I loved Edwin so much until I couldn’t stop crying. And that’s when I realized I loved Edwin a lot. It’s one of those moments that you wish you could go back and kind of do it in slow motion that way no one goes through that. It broke my heart. It did not feel good. Edwin kind of calmed the team a little bit. He talked to us after the game. It was a very, very sad clubhouse.”

While celebrating Puerto Rico’s 5-2 win over the Dominican Republic Wednesday night, Diaz hurt his knee and was carried off of the field. The Mets announced Thursday that Diaz had full-thickness tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee and was undergoing surgery that afternoon.

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Diaz, 28, signed a five-year, $102 million contract with the Mets this offseason, making him the highest-paid closer in league history. The 2022 All-Star selection put up a 1.31 ERA for the Mets last year in 32 game appearances.