NEW YORK (AP) Edwin Daz was activated from the injured list Thursday by the New York Mets, and manager Carlos Mendoza reiterated the struggling reliever Jason Dickinson Jersey will immediately return to the closer role. I talked to him a couple of days ago and hes ready to go, Mendoza said before the finale of a three-game series against Miami. Theres no hesitation. (He said), Im ready to go. So it was an easy conversation. With the Mets trailing by one run, Daz entered in the ninth and to sed a perfect inning with one strikeout. He threw 15 pitches and averaged 98.4 mph on his seven four-seam fastballs. Daz got the win when J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer off Tanner Scott in the bottom of the ninth Im feeling 100 percent, Daz said. I was throwing 99, 100 (mph) today. I didnt do that earlier in the season. To open a roster spot, the Mets optioned Danny Young to Triple-A Syracuse leaving Jake Diekman as the only left-hander in the bullpen. Young was 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA in nine appearances for New York, striking out 12 in nine innings. Obviously, Danny Young has been great. Hes a guy that not only gets lefties out, but righties, and his ability to take the ball day in and day out, Mendoza said. But he understood where we were bullpen-wise. Not many guys have (minor league) options. Daz had been sidelined since May 29 with a right shoulder impingement. Before going on the IL, he blew three consecutive save chances and four out of five. He also squandered a four-run lead in the ninth inning May 18 at Miami but was not charged with a blown save. Following that meltdown against the Marlins, the right-hander was not used for four games until pitching a scorele s seventh on May 24 against San Francisco. He blew a save the following day. Going into Thursday, the Mets had converted 15 of 26 save opportunities this year. New Yorks bullpen was 4-8 with a 5.13 ERA since May 13. After mi sing last season with a knee injury he sustained celebrating a victory by Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Cla sic, Daz is 2-1 with a 5.14 ERA and five saves in 21 appearances. He means a lot and when hes rolling, you can feel it, Mendoza said. Its just really good to have him back and were all excited about it. The two-time All-Star was baseballs most dominant closer in 2022, striking out 118 batters in 62 innings while saving 32 games for New York and finishing with a 1.31 ERA. He re-signed with the Mets on a $102 million, five-year contract but then had surgery on the patellar tendon in his right knee. Arvid Soderblom Jersey