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Mets closer Edwin Diaz knows how to make an entrance.
Hyped-up introductions for a closer aren’t anything new, with Mariano Rivera’s “Enter Sandman” entrance among the most iconic the sport has ever seen. However, Diaz also has a certain song that juices up the Mets crowd whenever he enters a home game, which is almost always in the ninth inning when New York leads.
The team even puts on a brief light show as he enters the field, creating one of the most unique baseball stadium atmospheres at Citi Field whenever Diaz comes in to pitch.
Here’s what to know about Diaz’s entrance song, including its name, past clips of him making his jog to the mound, why he uses the song and the lyrics used for each of Diaz’s distinct entrances.
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Edwin Diaz entrance song
Diaz enters each closing opportunity to “Narco” by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet. The song most distinctly features a trumpet rhythm that will be stuck in your head after listening to it just once, which begins playing as Diaz leaves the bullpen.
“Narco” was released as a single in 2017. Timmy Trumpet and Blasterjaxx, a Dutch DJ duo, collaborated to make the unique trumpet sound, which later became the anthem of one of MLB’s best closers.
The song grew so popular among Mets fans that Timmy Trumpet even performed “Narco” live during a game in 2022 as Diaz made his entrance.
The theatrics of a Diaz save opportunity have been a fun aspect for Mets fans to look forward to for years.
Edwin Diaz’s entrance is electric 🎺 pic.twitter.com/fswUS4RAxX
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) April 2, 2024
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Why does Edwin Diaz use ‘Narco’ as his entrance song?
Diaz first used the song for his entrance with the Seattle Mariners in 2018, a season in which he won the AL Reliever of the Year award and led the league with 57 saves, the second-highest single-season total in MLB history.
After he was traded to the Mets in December 2018, Diaz changed his entrance song to “No Hay Limite” by Miky Woodz for the 2019 season, but that didn’t last long. Diaz had by far the worst year of his career in 2019, finishing with a 5.59 ERA and 15 home runs allowed.
In 2020, Diaz returned to “Narco” as he left the bullpen and found success as a closer once again, ending the year with a 1.75 ERA in 25.2 innings pitched. As the popularity of Diaz and “Narco” grew among Mets fans, it has stuck with the closer all the way into the 2024 postseason.
‘Narco’ by Timmy Trumpet lyrics
Most of the song consists of the well-known trumpet rhythm, but there are some brief verses.
According to Genius, here’s the lyrics to Diaz’s entrance song:
Here’s my southern slang
I speak it every day
I’m tryna get it poppin’
Each and every way
There’s one nation, under goons
My goons are stripping all these cats down in their Underoos[Pre-Chorus]
Roos, roos, roos, roos
Roos, roos, roos, roos
Roos, roos, roos, roos
Roos, roos, roos, roos
Roos, roos, roos, roos
Roos, roos, roos, roos[Chorus]
NARCO
(Hey)[Verse 2]
Here’s my southern slang
I speak it every day
I’m tryna get it poppin’
Each and every way
There’s one nation, under goons
My goons are stripping all these cats down in their Underoos