Yainer Diaz
Houston Astros · No. 21 · C

Yainer Diaz

5' 11", 195 lbs·Age 27·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL6 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
All-Around MasherElite power paired with above-average contact — a complete middle-of-the-order bat.2022–2026 · 1,362 batted balls
2026 · 43 G
.243
AVG
.666
OPS
6
HR
23
RBI
41
H
5
BB
28
SO
0
SB
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Career Highs
.846
Best OPS · 2023
23
Most HR · 2023
84
Most RBI · 2024
.299
Best AVG · 2024
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18500001.241
Jul 11410000.244
Jul 10311200.244
Jul 8410001.242
Jul 6421200.242
Jul 4411200.235
Jul 3300000.234
Jul 1400003.239
Jun 30310100.246
Jun 28500002.244

Career · Batting

5 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20226801
20231043552360
20241485851684
20251435422070
202646174623
Career447166465238
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,363 BBE · 2022–2026 · 89.9 mph avg EV · 9.1% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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