According to reporting from MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, contract length remains the central sticking point between the two sides, with the Mets hesitant to push beyond a three-year commitment.

Brandon Nimmo’s departure has presented the Mets with another possibility that was previously less appealing: adding a power lefty bat.

The New York Mets made one of the winter’s most decisive bullpen moves by securing one of baseball’s most electric late-inning arms.

It should come as no huge surprise, then, that Edwin Diaz has become just the latest free agent to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and leave New York (and baseball) reeling in the process.