Mets' Edwin Diaz offers advice to Ryan Helsley after latest nightmare performance

The New York Mets survived yet another brutal outing from relief pitcher Ryan Helsley and notched a walk-off 6-5 win over the rival Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night. 

Following the victory, Mets closer Edwin Diaz offered some words of encouragement for Helsley after the 31-year-old's latest nightmare performance with the National League East club. 

"I’ve been through that," Diaz said about Helsley being booed off the Citi Field mound, per Manny Gomez of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. "My advice to him is just (keep) your head up. We trust him. We know what (type) of pitcher he is, one of the best closers in the game. He’s just going through some bad moments right now, but we trust him and we support him."

Diaz is no stranger to being on the receiving end of boos from members of the Mets faithful. Most recently, he blew multiple saves in May 2024, suffered a meltdown against the Atlanta Braves in late September of last year and then was rocked in Game 2 of the NL Division Series against none other than the Phillies. He also had to serve an automatic 10-game suspension after a sticky-stuff ejection last season. 

As for Helsley, ESPN stats show that he has now allowed 14 runs (10 earned) in 11 appearances since the Mets acquired him from the St. Louis Cardinals ahead of the trade deadline. In the bottom of the eighth inning of Tuesday's game, he walked a batter and then surrendered a bomb of a game-tying home run to Harrison Bader.