Yainer Diaz
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 26
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 619 585 70 175 16 2 .299 .325 .441 .766
3 Seasons 1,005 948 121 276 39 2 .291 .317 .476 .793
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .125 0 0 .472
2023 .282 23 0 .846
2024 .299 16 2 .766
3 Seasons .291 39 2 .793
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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 2128 486 37 7.6 6.0 90.2 111.4 8.9 35.0 .299 .458 .329 .339 .395 47.5 17.3 3.9
Player 3457 779 73 9.4 7.3 90.2 111.4 10.0 35.6 .293 .488 .337 .345 .407 46.2 18.2 3.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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 51.2 18.7 25.5 4.5 38.3 40.5 21.2 2.1 36.8 16.0 28.8 8.4 7.6 6.0
Player 48.7 22.7 24.3 4.4 38.5 38.9 22.6 2.6 34.8 18.1 27.1 8.0 9.4 7.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 0.0 0 618 29.0 132 .286 .437 .352 27.1 26.5 18.3 .274 .422 .333 60.0
2024 Slider -0.2 -1 391 18.4 127 .292 .425 .319 27.1 15.0 18.6 .297 .460 .330 48.6
2024 Sinker 3.7 13 341 16.0 113 .404 .550 .435 9.0 8.0 15.3 .359 .496 .380 55.4
2024 Changeup -3.6 -8 217 10.2 76 .176 .216 .222 25.5 14.5 16.4 .240 .357 .269 33.3
2024 Curveball -0.5 -1 191 9.0 51 .260 .340 .258 35.6 29.4 21.1 .254 .352 .258 33.3
2024 Sweeper 2.3 4 179 8.4 57 .321 .518 .382 18.8 19.3 16.2 .343 .580 .399 33.3
2024 Cutter 6.2 7 116 5.5 36 .375 .813 .524 25.0 8.3 12.5 .353 .735 .472 60.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.8 0 55 2.6 18 .222 .222 .250 21.2 11.1 9.5 .268 .335 .261 31.3
2024 Slurve 4.7 1 20 0.9 7 .333 .500 .407 28.6 14.3 14.3 .305 .411 .366 40.0
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 -1.5 -5 313 24.1 96 .215 .473 .340 27.7 16.7 17.4 .228 .437 .286 39.7
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 0.5 0 96 7.4 22 .263 .421 .359 34.1 22.7 17.9 .221 .362 .284 13.3
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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 391 1,341 2 -5 -3 6 0
2024 625 2,159 22 -12 -1 6 15
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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 2,128 46.2 77.7 86.4 42.6 59.8 40.1 44.3 58.8 24.0 6.5 85.6
Player 3,457 45.6 77.2 85.2 43.3 58.7 39.8 44.9 58.8 25.4 7.1 82.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 82 91 96 93 30 66 79 69 67 65 65 1 37 1 56
2024 76 97 80 53 67 71 48 68 76 85 74 5 54 2 44 62 64 38
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

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 23.4 16 15.6 0 7 12 7 43.8
Player 23.0 39 39.9 -1 10 32 16 41.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
2023 23 21 18 25 25 25 28 23 24 20 22 25 22 22 29 24 28 23 26 28 22 22 30 26 20 20 24 25 26 22 18
2024 16 15 12 17 13 16 17 15 12 12 16 19 15 14 17 14 17 13 16 22 18 14 23 19 14 14 13 16 17 15 14
Player 39 37 30 42 38 41 46 38 36 32 38 44 38 37 46 38 46 36 42 50 41 37 54 46 34 35 37 42 44 38 33
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 93.7 90.3 -3.4 90.2 -0.1
Launch Angle 24.0 11.5 -12.5 8.9 -2.6
Barrel % 16.7 12.2 -4.5 7.6 -4.6
Hard Hit % 50.0 43.9 -6.1 47.5 3.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 16.7 36.9 20.2 35.0 -1.9
xBA .177 .285 0.108 .299 0.014
BA .125 .282 0.157 .299 0.017
xwOBA .295 .357 0.062 .339 -0.018
wOBA .217 .354 0.137 .329 -0.025
xSLG .399 .539 0.140 .458 -0.081
SLG .250 .538 0.288 .441 -0.097
K% 22.2 19.6 -2.6 17.3 -2.3
BB% 11.1 2.9 -8.2 3.9 1.0
Swing % 64.5 58.6 -5.9 58.8 0.2
Whiff% 35.0 27.6 -7.4 24.0 -3.6
In Zone % 32.3 45.1 12.8 46.2 1.1
Out of Zone % 67.7 54.9 -12.8 53.8 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 57.1 44.0 -13.1 42.6 -1.4
First Pitch Swing % 44.4 45.9 1.5 44.3 -1.6
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 67.9 12.3 66.9 -1.0
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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 605 75 12.4 .313 .430
! 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 458 15.9 39.1% 0.2% 304 18.5 6.3% 0.3%
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