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Edwin Diaz vows to overcome his greatest Mets fear

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PORT ST. LUCIE — Crisis of confidence was a big reason for closer Edwin Diaz’s problems last season, his first with the Mets.

New York proved to be a much different world than Seattle and it got to Diaz, but that issue is in the past, the hard-throwing right-hander vowed Wednesday.

“My head is good,’’ Diaz told The Post of the challenge of pitching in New York. “It’s going to be different this year. It’s going to be much better. I love New York. It’s the Big Apple and this year I am ready.