![]() ![]() ![]() While Alexis Díaz is the Reds’ best reliever, manager David Bell uses him in the most high-leverage situations of the game. Edwin Díaz is a true closer who almost exclusively enters the game in the ninth inning, and that’s been true for most of the relievers with iconic walkout songs. The other big difference between Alexis Díaz and the other relievers with the best walkout songs is the way he’s used in the game. For us, it pumps us up and gets us ready for that moment.” “You use your stadium, you use your home field advantage by blaring the player’s song. “Any big situation calls for a spark in the crowd,” Warren said. If it’s a situation that can change everything, they can read that, play something on the video board, turn the lights down, whatever you got to do.” “Coming in in the middle of the inning, people on base. “I think that would go to the guys up in the (stadium operations) box reading the situation, knowing the most important parts of the game,” Hoffman said. There could be a few ways for the Reds to give Alexis Díaz’s introduction the same hype. What makes Edwin Díaz’s walkout the best in baseball is how the Mets start playing the song before he walks out onto the field and how the mascots pretend to provide the trumpet line. There’s nothing to differentiate it from any other entrance for any other reliever.Īlexis Díaz agrees that his brother’s walkout song is a “game-changer” that “gets people fired up.” Even without changing the song, Díaz’s teammates had ideas to improve his introduction by working with the Reds' ballpark operations team. “But it’s tough finding something as good as (what Edwin has).”īut Alexis Díaz’s current walkout lacks the pomp and circumstance that his brother’s has. “It would be pretty, pretty cool to see Alexis have something similar,” Reds reliever Buck Farmer said. ![]() For us to be able to do that for our players would be huge.” “It’s good for the game because it brings energy to the fans. ![]() “That would be awesome, they would get to share that moment,” Reds reliever Art Warren said. They’ve been two of the best relievers in MLB this season as Edwin has a 1.30 ERA and Alexis has a 1.74 ERA.Īlexis Díaz has his own walkout song, but his teammates would love to see his entrance go to the next level and match his brother’s. 'Narco' by Blasterjaxx & Timmy Trumpet: Mets closer Edwin Díaz has one of the most electric entry songs of all-timeĪlexis and Edwin speak after every game about how they pitched. You hear that song, and you’re in the dugout, and it’s like, ‘You’re not winning this one, boys. “That’s kind of the point that you’re trying to get to. “When (Edwin) comes into the game in New York, the whole stadium feels like the game is over,” Reds reliever Jeff Hoffman said. Mets manager Buck Showalter has said that he makes a point to not miss the spectacle as Edwin Díaz walks onto the field. The song has a pulsing trumpet line and a bass soundtrack that gets the crowd at Citi Field out of their seats. The video of his walkout to the song “Narcos” by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet has over 10 million views. Over the last three weeks, Edwin Díaz’s walkout song has become the No. Until recently, Cincinnati Reds reliever Alexis Díaz hadn’t asked his brother about the song that the New York Mets blare on the speakers every time Edwin Díaz takes the mound in New York. ![]()
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