Elias Diaz

Bats R Throws R6'1" 223 lbBorn 1990 Maracaibo, VenezuelaDebut 2015Team TEX1x All-StarContract 1 y (26) 2026: $1,219,251

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 111.4FIELD+ 102.9 at CTotal 0.74 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	133	121	25	5	0	3	9	34	0	0.208	0.266	0.327	0.594	0.119	0.263	25.3	6.8	61.9	-0.21
2027	159	145	31	6	0	4	10	39	0	0.213	0.267	0.336	0.603	0.124	0.266	24.6	6.1	64.8	-0.19

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 43 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Joe Girardi	1999	68.0	83.8	407
2	Mickey Owen	1950	76.5	43.0	146
3	Rod Barajas	2010	73.6	92.8	336
4	Dan Wilson	2003	81.0	64.7	359
5	John Flaherty	2002	72.2	93.7	116
6	Rollie Hemsley	1941	74.8	26.6	211
7	Pat Moran	1910	79.8	13.2	109
8	Rick Cerone	1988	73.9	82.5	341
9	Martin Maldonado	2021	72.5	67.0	379
10	Gerald Laird	2014	73.3	-140.2	2

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			159		31	6	0	4		0	10	39	0.213	0.267	0.336	0.603	64.8
2026*	TEX	62	166	14	36	9	0	5		0	4	39	0.228	0.250	0.380	0.630	78.0
2025	SD	106	283	34	52	7	0	9	29	0	21	74	0.204	0.270	0.337	0.607	67.0
2024	SD	96	351	27	86	20	0	6	39	0	20	69	0.265	0.313	0.382	0.695	83.0
2023	COL	141	526	48	130	25	1	14	72	1	34	118	0.267	0.316	0.409	0.725	82.1
2022	COL	105	381	29	80	18	2	9	51	0	25	82	0.228	0.281	0.368	0.648	67.0
2021	COL	106	371	52	83	18	1	18	44	0	30	60	0.246	0.310	0.464	0.774	92.9
2020	COL	26	73	4	16	2	0	2	9	0	5	15	0.235	0.288	0.353	0.641	56.6
2019	PIT	101	332	31	73	14	0	2	28	0	23	56	0.241	0.296	0.307	0.603	62.7
2018	PIT	82	277	33	72	12	0	10	34	0	21	40	0.286	0.339	0.452	0.792	116.5
2017	PIT	64	200	18	42	14	0	1	19	1	11	38	0.223	0.265	0.314	0.579	49.4
2016	PIT	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.0
2015	PIT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-132.2
Career		830	2800	276	634	130	4	71	326	2	190	554	0.247	0.300	0.383	0.683	77.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	166	86.4	13.7	6.6	37.7	28.0	38.8	0.224	0.356	0.259	24.5
2025	283	88.4	17.7	7.6	38.7	34.1	30.1	0.203	0.334	0.268	25.0
2024	351	87.1	7.6	4.7	34.5	27.8	33.2	0.237	0.342	0.281	24.4
2023	526	88.1	12.7	6.2	38.4	28.4	36.2	0.242	0.379	0.296	25.0
2022	381	88.4	11.1	5.9	39.3	22.7	33.2	0.217	0.344	0.273	26.1
2021	371	87.1	14.7	7.9	37.6	24.1	27.9	0.240	0.417	0.315	25.8
2020	73	87.4	12.9	11.3	41.5	27.9	31.0	0.261	0.396	0.309	25.5
2019	332	88.1	9.2	2.7	34.3	23.3	26.0	0.238	0.325	0.277	26.1
2018	277	89.6	10.4	6.9	40.5	21.7	26.8	0.282	0.440	0.341	26.6
2017	200	86.4	6.4	2.2	36.7	19.0	24.4	0.242	0.332	0.270	27.2
2016	4	75.3	8.9	0.0	0.0	18.2	38.5	0.102	0.113	0.096
2015	2	100.7	39.2	0.0	100.0	33.3	50.0	0.117	0.439	0.229

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	C	105	650	676	21	8	2	0.989	+1.2
2024	SD	C	79	604	467	29	4	1	0.992	+2.0
2023	COL	C	126	1005	807	48	10	9	0.988	-13.1
2022	COL	C	104	833	672	52	11	3	0.985	-10.1
2021	COL	C	98	775	699	48	4	5	0.995	-2.3
2020	COL	C	24	126	79	9	0	1	1.000	+0.0
2019	PIT	C	96	707	694	47	12	5	0.984	-12.0
2018	PIT	C	70	549	501	41	9	6	0.984	-1.4
2017	PIT	C	55	407	356	37	4	4	0.990	+0.7
2016	PIT	C	1	9	7	4	0	0	1.000	+0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	35	0 HR, 0 SB	0.219	0.536
2019	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	30	0 HR, 0 SB	0.414	0.950
2017	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	229	2 HR, 3 SB	0.266	0.637
2016	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	97	0 HR, 1 SB	0.266	0.587
2016	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Bat	28	1 HR, 0 SB	0.391	0.986
2015	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	363	4 HR, 1 SB	0.271	0.712
2014	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	37	0 HR, 0 SB	0.152	0.425
2014	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	367	6 HR, 3 SB	0.328	0.823
2013	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Bat	220	2 HR, 4 SB	0.279	0.781
2012	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	347	3 HR, 2 SB	0.208	0.550
2011	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	360	2 HR, 6 SB	0.221	0.607
2010	Rk	GCL Pirates	Bat	157	2 HR, 0 SB	0.218	0.590
2009	Rk	VSL Pirates	Bat	271	5 HR, 3 SB	0.272	0.768

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.328	0.237	0.249	0.307
2025	0.255	0.281	0.246	0.302
2024	0.277	0.326	0.355	0.267
2023	0.261	0.350	0.343	0.310
2022	0.338	0.283	0.359	0.251
2021	0.333	0.337	0.378	0.295
2020	0.295	0.299	0.263	0.314
2019	0.309	0.275	0.284	0.283

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	PIT	$510,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.