Yainer Diaz
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 25
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 9 8 0 1 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .472
2023 377 355 51 100 23 0 .282 .308 .538 .846
2024 125 117 14 34 3 0 .291 .328 .427 .755
3 Seasons 511 480 65 135 26 0 .281 .311 .506 .817
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .125 0 0 .472
2023 .282 23 0 .846
2024 .291 3 0 .755
3 Seasons .281 26 0 .817
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 23 31 6 1 16.7 11.1 93.7 105.9 24.0 16.7 .177 .399 .217 .295 .327 50.0 22.2 11.1
2023 24 1298 287 35 12.2 9.3 90.3 110.9 11.5 36.9 .285 .539 .354 .357 .430 43.9 19.6 2.9
2024 25 495 101 5 5.0 4.0 91.2 111.3 5.2 23.8 .268 .410 .333 .311 .336 48.5 13.6 5.6
Player 1824 394 41 10.4 8.0 90.6 111.3 10.0 33.2 .279 .505 .346 .345 .404 45.2 18.2 3.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 50.0 16.7 0.0 33.3 16.7 66.7 16.7 0.0 50.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 16.7 11.1
2023 44.3 29.6 22.6 3.5 39.4 35.5 25.1 3.5 31.0 21.3 24.7 7.3 12.2 9.3
2024 59.4 21.8 14.9 4.0 44.6 32.7 22.8 3.0 44.6 16.8 22.8 7.9 5.0 4.0
Player 48.2 27.4 20.3 4.1 40.4 35.3 24.4 3.3 34.8 20.3 23.9 7.4 10.4 8.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.3 4 128 25.9 28 .400 .720 .500 13.2 10.7 7.1 .296 .476 .369 50.0
2024 Slider 2.5 2 92 18.6 26 .333 .542 .408 23.5 11.5 10.3 .368 .623 .417 68.2
2024 Sinker 0.0 0 88 17.8 22 .286 .286 .318 12.5 18.2 21.1 .271 .333 .282 52.9
2024 Changeup -3.5 -2 49 9.9 15 .133 .267 .227 25.8 13.3 10.0 .172 .321 .208 38.5
2024 Curveball -3.1 -1 46 9.3 11 .182 .182 .164 27.3 18.2 13.3 .172 .208 .162 22.2
2024 Cutter -2.0 -1 29 5.9 6 .200 .200 .267 40.0 33.3 22.2 .158 .351 .296 66.7
2024 Sweeper 0.6 0 28 5.7 7 .429 .429 .386 35.3 14.3 12.5 .347 .422 .332 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -2.2 0 21 4.2 7 .000 .000 .129 0.0 0.0 0.0 .126 .138 .114 14.3
2024 Slurve 14.2 2 14 2.8 3 1.000 1.500 .950 33.3 0.0 0.0 .433 .697 .555 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 322 24.8 86 .287 .475 .337 31.5 30.2 25.5 .264 .525 .344 58.9
2023 Slider -1.0 -3 322 24.8 99 .219 .500 .350 28.1 17.2 17.7 .229 .453 .292 40.0
2023 Sinker -0.8 -2 208 16.0 71 .224 .388 .298 11.2 8.5 14.6 .286 .405 .316 34.4
2023 Changeup 2.1 3 132 10.2 44 .375 .700 .461 28.4 20.5 20.5 .386 .704 .468 43.8
2023 Curveball -2.8 -3 121 9.3 24 .261 .304 .240 37.7 29.2 20.0 .256 .320 .242 47.1
2023 Sweeper -1.1 -1 87 6.7 19 .250 .250 .311 33.3 21.1 16.7 .214 .251 .251 7.7
2023 Cutter 8.6 6 74 5.7 24 .435 1.261 .692 27.7 12.5 20.0 .409 1.341 .710 60.0
2023 Split-Finger 22.9 3 12 0.9 6 .667 1.000 .717 40.0 33.3 50.0 .389 .463 .368 50.0
2023 Knuckleball 3.1 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Sinker 0.4 0 9 29.0 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .003 .003 .003 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 8 25.8 3 .000 .000 .233 33.3 0.0 0.0 .174 .186 .339 50.0
2022 Slider -1.1 0 7 22.6 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 25.0 .315 .899 .509 50.0
2022 Curveball -3.1 0 5 16.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Cutter 2.4 0 2 6.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .118 .118 .114 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 391 1,341 2 -5 -3 6 0
2024 125 495 4 -4 2 2 4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 31 32.3 80.0 100.0 57.1 41.7 32.3 44.4 64.5 35.0 12.9 75.0
2023 1,298 45.1 76.4 82.8 44.0 57.6 39.4 45.9 58.6 27.6 7.9 79.4
2024 495 45.3 75.4 90.5 38.4 61.5 38.4 42.4 55.2 20.5 6.3 87.1
Player 1,824 44.9 76.2 85.1 42.8 58.1 39.0 45.0 57.8 25.9 7.5 81.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2023 82 91 96 93 29 66 79 69 67 65 65 1 37 1 56
2024 48 71 57 46 38 41 30 80 84 83 92 18 69 7 42
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 -- 0 0.5 -1 0 1 0 --
2023 22.7 23 23.8 -1 3 19 9 39.1
2024 24.1 3 2.9 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 22.9 26 27.2 -1 4 21 11 42.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
2023 23 21 19 25 25 25 28 23 24 20 22 25 22 22 29 24 28 23 26 29 22 22 30 26 20 20 24 25 26 22 18
2024 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Player 26 24 22 29 28 28 32 27 27 22 25 29 25 26 32 27 32 26 28 33 26 25 34 30 22 24 27 29 30 26 22
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 93.7 90.3 -3.4 91.2 0.9
Launch Angle 24.0 11.5 -12.5 5.2 -6.3
Barrel % 16.7 12.2 -4.5 5.0 -7.2
Hard Hit % 50.0 43.9 -6.1 48.5 4.6
Sweet Spot % 16.7 36.9 20.2 23.8 -13.1
xBA .177 .285 0.108 .268 -0.017
BA .125 .282 0.157 .291 0.009
xwOBA .295 .357 0.062 .311 -0.046
wOBA .217 .354 0.137 .333 -0.021
xSLG .399 .539 0.140 .410 -0.129
SLG .250 .538 0.288 .427 -0.111
K% 22.2 19.6 -2.6 13.6 -6.0
BB% 11.1 2.9 -8.2 5.6 2.7
Swing % 64.5 58.6 -5.9 55.2 -3.4
Whiff% 35.0 27.6 -7.4 20.5 -7.1
In Zone % 32.3 45.1 12.8 45.3 0.2
Out of Zone % 67.7 54.9 -12.8 54.7 -0.2
Out of Zone Swing % 57.1 44.0 -13.1 38.4 -5.6
First Pitch Swing % 44.4 45.9 1.5 42.4 -3.5
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 67.9 12.3 64.8 -3.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 9 0 0.0 .217
2023 Shades R 377 18 4.8 .358 .255
2024 Shades R 114 5 4.4 .305 .600
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 6 18.6 0.0% 0.0% 4 21.2 0.0% 0.0%
2023 288 15.5 42.4% 0.7% 183 18.3 8.2% 0.0%
2024 106 16.1 38.7% 0.0% 63 18.8 6.3% 0.0%
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