![]() ![]() And so, one day earlier this week, Jongkind and his partner Idir Makhlaf, 30, were on a video chat from their home base in The Hague, Netherlands, to help answer a simple question: How did three musicians - two from the Netherlands, one from Australia - create the perfect closer’s entrance song, a genre classic that stands with Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” (Mariano Rivera) or AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells” (Trevor Hoffman)? One Mets official mused that the song not only changed everything for Díaz but also for the entire Mets franchise. The Mets’ local broadcast on SNY went viral while creating a cinematic entrance video. Mets manager Buck Showalter has delayed a late-game bathroom break so as not to miss Díaz and the trumpets. Four years later, the song is a full-blown phenomenon, a pulsating, trumpet-blasting anthem that has carried Díaz to his best season in New York - and the Mets to the top of the National League East. The following spring, the song became the entrance music for Díaz, who was in his third season with the Seattle Mariners. Jongkind, 32, is one member of the music duo Blasterjaxx, the Dutch electro house group which - along with collaborator Timmy Trumpet - released the single “Narco” in the fall of 2017. “I put (in) a lot of work here with the trainer, everybody, to feel good every night, and it’s paying off.“Softball, right?” he asked. My slider command is better,” said Díaz, whose younger brother, Alexis, is a rookie reliever with Cincinnati. My fastball command has been a lot better. No other reliever was better than 16 per nine. ![]() He was averaging 18.07 strikeouts per nine innings. Mixing pinpoint 100 mph fastballs with 92 mph wipeout sliders, Díaz had whiffed 52.9% of the 172 batters he faced this season - the highest strikeout rate by a reliever through 45 appearances in major league history. ![]() He had a 0.86 WHIP to go with 91 strikeouts in 45 1/3 innings, and was chosen NL reliever of the month for June and July. “Every state’s going to know that song.”Īffectionately nicknamed Sugar, the slender right-hander from Puerto Rico entered Wednesday with a 1.39 ERA and 26 saves in 29 chances this year. This one is amazing,” said Díaz’s father, also named Edwin. He went back to “Narco” in 2020 with the Mets and it’s become such a big hit, he even plays it at home for his kids. My wife told me to put that song (on) again. “When I was in Seattle, they picked that song for me. When the Mets take a lead into the ninth inning, “Sound the horns!” is what fans proclaim from living-room couches to the upper levels of Citi Field. In addition to his pitching, Díaz’s newfound popularity in Queens is largely due to his catchy entrance song “ Narco ” by Blasterjaxx & Timmy Trumpet. “We know that when Eddie gets the ball, he’s going to shut the door.” “How he’s been able to kind of reinvent himself and really just maximize what he can do, it’s just really special,” Mets slugger Pete Alonso said. The All-Star reliever is overpowering hitters at a record rate during a sensational season, helping the Mets build their NL East cushion and putting him in the Cy Young Award conversation. ![]() Once the regular target of angry boos, and decried a rotten egg in the Big Apple, Díaz has become the toast of the town with the New York Mets, one electric save at a time. NEW YORK (AP) - Trumpets blare, the bullpen door pops open - here comes Edwin Díaz, baseball’s most dominant closer. ![]()
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