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 173 162 16 43 3 0 .265 .301 .383 .684
3 Seasons 559 525 67 144 26 0 .274 .304 .486 .790
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .125 0 0 .472
2023 .282 23 0 .846
2024 .265 3 0 .684
3 Seasons .274 26 0 .790
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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
LA 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 25 627 138 7 5.1 4.1 90.6 111.3 7.9 26.1 .264 .390 .304 .300 .327 48.6 13.6 4.1
Player 1956 431 43 10.0 7.7 90.4 111.3 10.5 33.2 .277 .491 .336 .339 .395 45.5 17.8 3.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 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 55.8 20.3 18.1 5.8 44.2 31.2 24.6 2.9 40.6 18.8 26.8 5.8 5.1 4.1
Player 48.0 26.5 20.9 4.6 40.6 34.6 24.8 3.2 34.3 20.6 25.1 6.7 10.0 7.7
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 1.2 2 166 26.5 35 .313 .563 .400 15.0 14.3 9.6 .278 .453 .345 55.6
2024 Slider 1.1 1 119 19.0 42 .256 .410 .320 24.0 11.9 14.7 .278 .441 .319 51.4
2024 Sinker 2.1 2 98 15.6 28 .385 .462 .404 13.0 14.3 21.1 .301 .378 .314 60.9
2024 Changeup -1.3 -1 62 9.9 17 .176 .294 .253 25.0 11.8 9.1 .180 .317 .211 40.0
2024 Curveball -3.7 -2 62 9.9 16 .125 .125 .113 36.4 25.0 18.2 .153 .181 .143 25.0
2024 Sweeper 0.8 0 40 6.4 9 .444 .444 .400 25.0 11.1 8.3 .433 .550 .425 37.5
2024 Cutter -2.5 -1 38 6.1 9 .250 .250 .278 36.0 22.2 18.2 .300 .487 .377 66.7
2024 Split-Finger -2.8 -1 27 4.3 9 .000 .000 .100 0.0 0.0 0.0 .167 .189 .156 22.2
2024 Slurve 11.2 2 15 2.4 4 .667 1.000 .713 25.0 0.0 0.0 .382 .558 .480 66.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 323 24.9 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 -2 207 15.9 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 169 627 5 -6 1 2 3
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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 627 45.8 77.7 90.1 40.6 60.9 40.0 44.4 57.6 21.1 7.3 89.1
Player 1,956 45.1 76.9 85.4 43.2 58.2 39.5 45.4 58.4 25.7 7.8 82.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2023 82 91 96 93 29 66 79 69 67 65 65 1 37 1 56
2024 35 66 44 29 28 43 26 75 82 84 92 7 68 3 40 62 27
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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 3.0 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 22.9 26 27.3 -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 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Player 26 24 22 29 28 28 32 26 27 22 25 29 25 26 33 27 33 26 28 33 26 25 35 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 90.6 0.3
Launch Angle 24.0 11.5 -12.5 7.9 -3.6
Barrel % 16.7 12.2 -4.5 5.1 -7.1
Hard Hit % 50.0 43.9 -6.1 48.6 4.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 16.7 36.9 20.2 26.1 -10.8
xBA .177 .285 0.108 .264 -0.021
BA .125 .282 0.157 .270 -0.012
xwOBA .295 .357 0.062 .300 -0.057
wOBA .217 .354 0.137 .304 -0.050
xSLG .399 .539 0.140 .390 -0.149
SLG .250 .538 0.288 .390 -0.148
K% 22.2 19.6 -2.6 13.6 -6.0
BB% 11.1 2.9 -8.2 4.1 1.2
Swing % 64.5 58.6 -5.9 57.6 -1.0
Whiff% 35.0 27.6 -7.4 21.1 -6.5
In Zone % 32.3 45.1 12.8 45.8 0.7
Out of Zone % 67.7 54.9 -12.8 54.2 -0.7
Out of Zone Swing % 57.1 44.0 -13.1 40.6 -3.4
First Pitch Swing % 44.4 45.9 1.5 44.4 -1.5
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 67.9 12.3 64.5 -3.4
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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 158 8 5.1 .281 .486
! 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 133 16.0 39.8% 0.0% 81 18.1 6.2% 0.0%
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