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 375 352 41 100 8 1 .284 .309 .412 .721
3 Seasons 761 715 92 201 31 1 .281 .307 .473 .780
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .125 0 0 .472
2023 .282 23 0 .846
2024 .284 8 1 .721
3 Seasons .281 31 1 .780
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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 1312 301 21 7.0 5.6 90.0 111.4 9.2 33.2 .294 .432 .308 .324 .365 45.5 14.8 4.0
Player 2641 594 57 9.6 7.5 90.1 111.4 10.4 34.8 .288 .485 .329 .340 .396 44.8 17.3 3.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 18.9 25.2 4.7 37.9 38.2 23.9 1.7 37.5 18.6 27.9 7.3 7.0 5.6
Player 47.8 24.1 23.7 4.4 38.4 37.2 24.4 2.5 34.5 20.0 26.1 7.2 9.6 7.5
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 -0.2 -1 353 26.9 72 .250 .438 .341 20.7 22.2 13.8 .252 .382 .310 53.1
2024 Slider 1.8 4 256 19.5 89 .317 .500 .357 23.9 13.5 17.9 .312 .506 .354 52.7
2024 Sinker 3.5 7 207 15.8 61 .362 .517 .416 8.6 6.6 11.4 .358 .467 .370 58.2
2024 Changeup -4.4 -7 147 11.2 45 .156 .200 .176 22.8 11.1 11.1 .244 .361 .260 27.5
2024 Curveball -0.9 -1 121 9.2 38 .270 .297 .246 30.4 23.7 20.9 .247 .316 .235 27.6
2024 Sweeper 1.0 1 108 8.2 32 .323 .387 .325 20.6 18.8 15.4 .352 .476 .367 32.0
2024 Cutter -2.3 -1 65 5.0 17 .250 .438 .315 25.0 11.8 13.3 .301 .633 .411 57.1
2024 Split-Finger -0.6 0 37 2.8 11 .182 .182 .245 4.8 0.0 0.0 .259 .288 .240 27.3
2024 Slurve 8.2 1 18 1.4 6 .400 .600 .475 33.3 16.7 14.3 .250 .360 .337 50.0
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 -1.0 -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 371 1,312 16 -17 2 4 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 1,312 46.4 77.0 90.0 41.8 62.2 39.3 42.7 58.2 20.7 6.2 85.2
Player 2,641 45.6 76.7 86.6 43.1 59.5 39.3 44.3 58.5 24.3 7.1 81.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 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 30 66 79 69 67 65 65 1 37 1 56
2024 55 94 63 35 52 60 40 65 77 74 88 6 72 3 46 64 28
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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 23.6 8 6.7 1 4 5 3 37.5
Player 22.9 31 31.1 0 7 25 12 38.7
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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 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 8 6 5 10 7 7 8 8 7 4 8 10 5 5 8 6 6 5 6 9 7 5 10 8 5 5 5 7 6 7 7
Player 31 28 24 35 32 32 37 31 31 24 30 35 28 28 37 31 35 28 32 38 30 28 41 35 25 26 29 33 33 30 26
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 90.0 -0.3
Launch Angle 24.0 11.5 -12.5 9.2 -2.3
Barrel % 16.7 12.2 -4.5 7.0 -5.2
Hard Hit % 50.0 43.9 -6.1 45.5 1.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 16.7 36.9 20.2 33.2 -3.7
xBA .177 .285 0.108 .294 0.009
BA .125 .282 0.157 .281 -0.001
xwOBA .295 .357 0.062 .324 -0.033
wOBA .217 .354 0.137 .308 -0.046
xSLG .399 .539 0.140 .432 -0.107
SLG .250 .538 0.288 .410 -0.128
K% 22.2 19.6 -2.6 14.8 -4.8
BB% 11.1 2.9 -8.2 4.0 1.1
Swing % 64.5 58.6 -5.9 58.2 -0.4
Whiff% 35.0 27.6 -7.4 20.7 -6.9
In Zone % 32.3 45.1 12.8 46.4 1.3
Out of Zone % 67.7 54.9 -12.8 53.6 -1.3
Out of Zone Swing % 57.1 44.0 -13.1 41.8 -2.2
First Pitch Swing % 44.4 45.9 1.5 42.7 -3.2
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 67.9 12.3 65.1 -2.8
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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 359 34 9.5 .291 .421
! 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 278 15.4 43.9% 0.0% 169 18.6 4.1% 0.0%
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