Last tournament, Díaz got hurt and missed a season. Now, he’s back.

By KATIE WOO / THE ATHLETIC To this day, Edwin Díaz does not know how it happened. One moment, he was jumping in jubilation, engulfed by his teammates in Miami near the pitcher’s mound after punctuating the most momentous strikeout in Puerto Rico’s recent international baseball history. The next thing he knew, he was on the ground, grasping at his right knee in pain. It has been three years since Díaz, the closer for Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, ruptured his right patellar…

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