Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier revealed he did some recruiting work at the MLB Awards, putting the idea of signing with the Dodgers in All-Star closer Edwin Diaz’s head.
Ethier sat next to Diaz at the MLB Awards in November, and spoke to Dodger Talk’s David Vassegh about the nature of their conversation.
“The first thing I said to him was, ‘You’re going to sign with the Dodgers, right?’” Ethier said. “…I sat there for the entire two-hour event and talked up the Dodgers to him the whole time. I don’t know if I had a hand in it or not, but I like to say that I was one of the first ones to go heavy and hard after him that he should be a Dodger.