When the Los Angeles Dodgers added closer Edwin Díaz this offseason, they locked down the back end of their bullpen, which was an issue for them at times during the 2025 season.
Edwin Díaz’s Dodgers debut was more electric than expected
Dodgers fans were treated to an electric entrance, and performance, from Edwin Díaz against Arizona
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They also set the stage for one of baseball’s most dramatic entrances shifting to the West Coast.
Díaz made his Dodgers debut on Friday night, entering in the ninth inning to close out a 5-4 game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, and his entrance was as electric as ever. Not only did he come out of the bullpen to Timmy Trumpet’s “Narco,” the song Díaz used while closing games for the Mets at Citi Field, but he was accompanied by a live trumpet player, Los Angeles artist Tatiana Tate:
Díaz kept the crowd electrified as he struck out two of the four batters he faced, for his first save in Dodgers blue:
After the game, both Díaz and manager Dave Roberts talked about the entrance, and the save.
“I was surprised a little bit,” said Díaz about Tate’s performance. “I heard a trumpet sounding before I was coming out. I said, ‘No way, they got a live trumpet.’ It was pretty fun. I enjoyed it, and I know fans enjoyed, too.”
“I got word that there might be a trumpet player,” said Roberts. “That was great. I was hoping to get him in there, and it worked out, and he performed. I think the fans got what they were hoping for.”
Friday night, Dodgers fans got exactly what they were hoping for, and more.
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