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 376 354 51 100 23 0 .282 .309 .540 .849
2 Seasons 385 362 51 101 23 0 .279 .306 .533 .839
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .125 0 0 .472
2023 .282 23 0 .849
2 Seasons .279 23 0 .839
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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 .182 .405 .217 .299 .334 50.0 22.2 11.1
2023 24 1295 287 35 12.2 9.3 90.3 110.9 11.5 36.9 .288 .547 .354 .366 .440 43.9 19.4 2.9
Player 1326 293 36 12.3 9.4 90.3 110.9 11.7 36.5 .286 .544 .351 .364 .438 44.0 19.5 3.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
Player 44.4 29.4 22.2 4.1 38.9 36.2 24.9 3.4 31.4 21.5 24.2 7.2 12.3 9.4
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2023 Slider -1.0 -3 332 25.6 102 .216 .495 .347 27.6 16.7 17.2 .231 .461 .301 39.0
2023 4-Seamer -0.4 -1 321 24.8 86 .287 .475 .337 31.2 29.1 24.8 .265 .520 .344 57.9
2023 Sinker -0.7 -1 207 16.0 70 .227 .394 .302 11.3 8.6 14.6 .297 .417 .333 35.0
2023 Changeup 2.0 3 132 10.2 44 .375 .700 .461 28.4 20.5 20.5 .382 .702 .470 43.8
2023 Curveball -2.7 -3 122 9.4 24 .261 .304 .240 37.7 29.2 20.0 .253 .333 .248 47.1
2023 Cutter 8.2 6 76 5.9 25 .417 1.208 .664 27.7 12.0 20.0 .411 1.338 .719 57.1
2023 Sweeper -0.9 -1 73 5.6 15 .286 .286 .347 37.1 26.7 19.0 .244 .282 .261 10.0
2023 Splitter 22.7 3 12 0.9 6 .667 1.000 .717 40.0 33.3 50.0 .384 .464 .373 50.0
2023 Knuckleball 3.2 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-Seamer -0.3 0 8 25.8 3 .000 .000 .233 33.3 0.0 0.0 .185 .199 .346 50.0
2022 Slider -1.1 0 7 22.6 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 25.0 .319 .903 .513 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 -- .128 .129 .124 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 376 1,295 4 -3 -3 6 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 1,295 44.9 76.3 82.9 44.0 57.6 39.4 45.7 58.5 27.6 7.8 79.2
Player 1,326 44.6 76.4 83.2 44.4 57.1 39.2 45.7 58.7 27.8 7.9 79.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 88 93 96 93 40 67 79 69 67 65 66 1 37 1 56
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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
Player 22.7 23 24.3 -1 3 20 9 39.1

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 18 25 25 26 28 23 24 19 22 25 22 22 29 24 28 23 26 29 23 22 29 26 20 20 24 24 26 22 18
Player 23 22 18 25 25 26 29 23 24 19 22 25 23 23 29 25 29 23 26 29 24 23 30 27 20 21 24 25 27 23 19
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 93.7 90.3 -3.4
Launch Angle 24.0 11.5 -12.5
Barrel % 16.7 12.2 -4.5
Hard Hit % 50.0 43.9 -6.1
Sweet Spot % 16.7 36.9 20.2
xBA .182 .288 0.106
BA .125 .282 0.157
xwOBA .299 .366 0.067
wOBA .217 .354 0.137
xSLG .405 .547 0.142
SLG .250 .540 0.290
K% 22.2 19.4 -2.8
BB% 11.1 2.9 -8.2
Swing % 64.5 58.5 -6.0
Whiff% 35.0 27.6 -7.4
In Zone % 32.3 44.9 12.6
Out of Zone % 67.7 55.1 -12.6
Out of Zone Swing % 57.1 44.0 -13.1
First Pitch Swing % 44.4 45.7 1.3
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 67.8 12.2
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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 376 18 4.8 .359 .255
! 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 286 15.5 42.7% 0.3% 181 18.3 8.3% 0.0%
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