Mets' Edwin Díaz Overruled Coaches to Pitch 9th Inning vs. Braves: 'I Got This S--t'

Edwin Díaz wanted the ball.

The New York Mets closer came into Monday's game in the eighth inning with the Mets up 6-3 but surrendered four runs. After Francisco Lindor hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth, Díaz pushed to remain in the game despite manager Carlos Mendoza trying to take him out.

"I'm going back out. I don't care what you say, I'm going back out," Díaz told Mendoza, per Tim Britton of The Athletic. "I got this s--t."

Díaz entered the ninth inning and allowed a single hit while recording a strikeout and sealing the 8-7 win that clinched a postseason berth for the Mets. He picked up a win for the effort and made the second game of the doubleheader much less stressful.

Díaz is the player that the Mets want in that save situation, but blowing that save would have put Mendoza in a really tough position for the second game. Díaz threw 40 pitches in the outing and would have been unavailable for a similar situation in the second matchup.

If he had blown the save again, New York would have needed to win the second game and would have been forced to rely on pitching depth to secure that win. Instead, the Mets could just push through the second game knowing that it would only impact postseason seeding.