Yandy Diaz

Bats R Throws R6'2" 215 lbBorn 1991 Sagua La Grande, CubaDebut 2017Team TB2x All-StarContract 3 y/$24M (23-25)+26, 27 opts 2026: $12,000,000

Awards: AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 119.5FIELD+ 99.3 at 1BTotal 2.78 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	483	426	122	21	1	14	50	71	1	0.286	0.363	0.439	0.803	0.153	0.351	14.8	10.3	122.0	2.81
2027	506	448	127	22	1	15	48	75	1	0.284	0.359	0.432	0.791	0.148	0.346	14.8	9.6	121.1	2.88

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 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 114 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	Harry Davis	1907	130.1	119.5	599
2	Joe Adcock	1961	123.3	123.1	447
3	Tony Perez	1975	130.6	116.7	586
4	Derrek Lee	2009	125.7	105.6	626
5	Roy Sievers	1960	126.3	142.0	563
6	John Jaha	1999	120.0	87.4	133
7	Brian Downing	1984	118.3	122.0	620
8	Edwin Encarnacion	2016	125.2	128.6	668
9	Frank McCormick	1944	121.3	104.8	644
10	Andres Galarraga	1994	114.1	87.6	604

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			506		127	22	1	15		1	48	75	0.284	0.359	0.432	0.791	121.1
2026*	TBA	122	539	73	146	21	1	19		3	46	77	0.305	0.375	0.473	0.848	136.3
2025	TB	150	651	79	175	29	1	25	83	3	57	92	0.300	0.366	0.482	0.848	136.0
2024	TB	145	621	55	158	31	1	14	65	0	50	95	0.281	0.341	0.414	0.755	118.1
2023	TB	136	600	95	173	35	0	22	78	0	65	94	0.330	0.410	0.522	0.932	161.0
2022	TB	137	558	71	140	33	0	9	57	3	78	60	0.296	0.401	0.423	0.824	149.3
2021	TB	134	541	62	119	20	1	13	64	1	69	85	0.256	0.353	0.387	0.740	114.2
2020	TB	34	138	16	35	3	0	2	11	0	23	17	0.307	0.428	0.386	0.814	137.2
2019	TB	79	347	53	82	20	1	14	38	2	35	61	0.267	0.340	0.476	0.816	115.7
2018	CLE	39	120	15	34	5	2	1	15	0	11	19	0.312	0.375	0.422	0.797	115.9
2017	CLE	49	179	25	41	8	1	0	13	2	21	35	0.263	0.352	0.327	0.679	82.8
Career		903	3755	471	957	184	7	100	424	11	409	558	0.290	0.372	0.442	0.813	130.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	538	91.0	6.3	7.2	48.0	14.4	28.7	0.292	0.456	0.362	26.2
2025	651	93.0	5.0	8.3	52.5	17.9	24.0	0.285	0.459	0.353	26.1
2024	621	92.2	5.0	7.7	48.7	14.2	22.8	0.273	0.432	0.339	25.4
2023	600	93.4	5.7	9.5	54.0	18.4	19.7	0.300	0.494	0.384	26.6
2022	558	92.2	7.7	4.9	49.0	14.3	19.7	0.284	0.432	0.365	27.1
2021	541	89.9	6.6	7.0	40.6	19.3	18.9	0.251	0.401	0.333	26.6
2020	138	88.3	-7.9	2.1	30.9	15.7	19.6	0.247	0.325	0.327	26.0
2019	347	91.7	5.7	11.1	44.8	22.1	22.0	0.280	0.487	0.356	26.5
2018	120	92.1	4.4	4.7	44.4	16.7	21.9	0.311	0.448	0.359	27.6
2017	179	91.6	0.5	3.5	50.8	18.6	14.3	0.272	0.376	0.332	27.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	1B	37	309	248	13	0	24	1.000	-1.8
2024	TB	1B	112	956	784	45	9	67	0.989	+1.4
2023	TB	1B	118	986	868	69	4	70	0.996	-1.5
2023	TB	3B	6	31	2	3	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2022	TB	3B	102	839	63	163	5	18	0.978	-19.0
2022	TB	1B	17	133	121	8	1	11	0.992	+0.3
2021	TB	1B	81	604	510	31	2	51	0.996	+0.5
2021	TB	3B	58	443	35	84	2	12	0.983	-8.7
2021	TB	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2020	TB	3B	25	185	12	41	1	4	0.981	-1.4
2020	TB	1B	2	14	9	0	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2019	TB	3B	50	398	21	79	4	7	0.962	+1.6
2019	TB	1B	22	156	136	5	1	17	0.993	+1.7
2018	CLE	1B	9	54	51	7	0	1	1.000	-1.3
2018	CLE	3B	9	49	0	10	1	1	0.909	-0.2
2017	CLE	3B	40	282	19	50	2	8	0.972	-1.9
2017	CLE	OF	3	20	2	0	1	0	0.667

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	426	3 HR, 2 SB	0.293	0.797
2017	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	374	5 HR, 1 SB	0.350	0.914
2016	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	416	7 HR, 5 SB	0.325	0.860
2016	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	110	2 HR, 6 SB	0.286	0.826
2015	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	564	7 HR, 8 SB	0.315	0.820
2014	A+	Carolina Mudcats	Bat	338	2 HR, 3 SB	0.286	0.763

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.371	0.384	0.435	0.328
2025	0.393	0.369	0.394	0.356
2024	0.404	0.326	0.363	0.322
2023	0.463	0.396	0.445	0.377
2022	0.400	0.369	0.341	0.407
2021	0.365	0.327	0.371	0.314
2020	0.380	0.405	0.400	0.394
2019	0.418	0.331	0.388	0.328

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250
2022	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2021	4	15	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.200	0.250	0.200	0.450
2020	13	36	3	7	0	1	0	1	11	10	0.194	0.383	0.250	0.633
2019	4	13	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	4	0.231	0.231	0.692	0.923
2018	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.667	1.000
Career	26	85	6	15	1	1	2	5	12	22	0.176	0.278	0.282	0.561