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Mets’ Edwin Diaz turns to Pedro Martinez after poor season

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Coming off the worst season of his career, Edwin Diaz turned to Pedro Martinez for help.

“I was in contact with him most of the offseason,’’ Diaz said through an interpreter on Saturday at the Mets FanFest at Citi Field. “I would send him video and he’d give me feedback.’’

Diaz could use whatever assistance he could get following a disastrous first season in Queens, when he and Robinson Cano were huge disappointments after being traded from Seattle.

Diaz first met Martinez through Cano’s trainer while the two were teammates with the Mariners, but Diaz never struggled as he did in 2019, when he finished with a 5.