"Yeah, I think it's more the opportunity to to get Sugar and add him to our mix. I mean, for us it's just we have a high bar to name someone the closer. You have to be one of the best, you have to be elite and dominant at what you do. Sugar is that. And I think just watching him compete over the years, seeing the selflessness in the postseason"
"or in the last weekend of last year, I'll come in the fourth inning, fifth inning, whenever the game is potentially on the line. And it fits in really well with our culture and the selflessness of a lot of our superstar players. So, so many boxes were checked in our mind, but again, just a very high bar to say this person is our closer and Sugar checks all those boxes."
Edwin Diaz is the new closer for the Los Angeles Dodgers and was officially introduced by Brandon Gomes and Andrew Friedman. Friedman repeatedly referred to Diaz as "Sugar" and emphasized a high organizational bar for naming a closer, citing elite dominance and consistent selflessness. Friedman noted Diaz's willingness to enter games in various innings when the outcome is on the line and praised his fit with the Dodgers' culture. Diaz received the nickname in high school for resembling Miguel "Sugar" Santos from the 2008 film Sugar and cited clubhouse culture and his brother Alexis Díaz's praise as factors in signing.
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