There’s no person better for Edwin Diaz to have turned to than Pedro Martinez, is there? A Hall of Famer, an eight-time All-Star, a three-time Cy Young Pitcher, and a former Met — Diaz reached out to one of the best this offseason for advice on his rocky 2019 season.

Diaz was very candid about this seeking guidance and putting in offseason work at the Mets’ inaugural Fan Fest held on Saturday. It is what the fans needed to hear — that he acknowledges he had a bad season and is working on fixing that before the 2020 season begins. Reaching out to Martinez, who Diaz had met in 2016 after being introduced to by Robinson Cano, is a great move.

Diaz says that he has been in contact with Martinez for most of the offseason. “I would send him videos and he would send me videos and feedback.”

Feedback from a legend, a great first step. Cano is also happy to see his teammate reaching out for help.

“I talked to Edwin last year and I said, ‘You know what? Take this as a good example. That tells you to find somebody, because you always need somebody during the season. If you’re going to struggle, you don’t get to struggle alone. Something like I have with my [personal] hitting coach.”

“Once he sees me that I’m struggling in a game, he calls me right away [and says] ‘I think you’re doing this. You’re doing that.’ But you need a person you can call also [and say], ‘I don’t feel my arm coming as strong as it used to.’ ” You need that person who will be there for you and tell you what you’re doing [well] and what you’re doing wrong.’’

It sounds as though Martinez will be that person for Diaz.

Martinez is not the only one that Diaz has worked with during this winter. He has already begun working with new pitching coach Jeremy Hefner in Puerto Rico. From this, Diaz has already made some adjustments to his throwing style that he is confident will work.

Additionally, Diaz has also figured out part of what was wrong last season — his mechanics, and most specifically, his release point. He was not properly releasing the ball in front of him.

Diaz was able to pick up on this and more once he started throwing again this offseason. “I had a few friends who were able to pinpoint what exactly was going on and we’re excited to work on the mechanics going into the season.”

It is good to see Diaz being so proactive in correcting his mistakes from 2019 and working towards a much better 2020. Turning to the best in the business and already working with Hefner are great starts. Let’s hope all of this results in that All-star arm we know he has.