Yainer Diaz

Bats R Throws R6'0" 195 lbBorn 1998 Azua, D.R.Debut 2022Team HOUContract 1 y/$4.5M (26) 2026: $4,500,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 112.2FIELD+ 96.0 at CTotal 1.61 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	450	426	120	22	1	16	18	75	1	0.282	0.312	0.452	0.765	0.170	0.327	16.8	4.0	109.4	1.92
2027	345	325	87	15	1	11	15	58	1	0.269	0.302	0.420	0.722	0.151	0.311	16.9	4.3	96.0	0.91

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 100 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	Russell Martin	2009	104.9	90.4	387
2	J. T. Realmuto	2017	102.8	133.0	529
3	Derek Norris	2015	103.9	50.6	458
4	Willson Contreras	2018	111.1	125.3	409
5	Tony Peña	1983	107.8	112.3	592
6	Shanty Hogan	1932	107.5	73.7	347
7	Gus Triandos	1957	108.1	119.5	544
8	Jody Davis	1983	104.1	91.9	579
9	Tyler Stephenson	2023	101.3	110.8	515
10	Earl Battey	1961	105.9	96.3	591

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			345		87	15	1	11		1	15	58	0.269	0.302	0.420	0.722	96.0
2026*	HOU	66	246	25	59	9	0	8		0	9	38	0.252	0.280	0.393	0.674	82.0
2025	HOU	143	567	56	139	25	1	20	70	1	20	95	0.256	0.284	0.417	0.701	88.3
2024	HOU	148	619	70	175	29	3	16	84	2	24	107	0.299	0.325	0.441	0.766	114.0
2023	HOU	104	377	51	100	22	0	23	60	0	11	74	0.282	0.308	0.538	0.846	125.1
2022	HOU	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.125	0.222	0.250	0.472	34.1
Career		401	1572	177	415	77	4	59	215	3	56	278	0.279	0.305	0.454	0.760	106.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	246	87.8	5.6	5.1	34.8	22.0	42.5	0.271	0.404	0.307	26.1
2025	567	89.9	10.2	9.6	42.2	23.4	44.4	0.268	0.465	0.326	27.3
2024	619	90.2	8.9	7.6	47.5	24.0	42.7	0.296	0.467	0.343	27.1
2023	377	90.3	11.5	12.2	43.9	27.6	44.0	0.280	0.546	0.358	27.6
2022	9	93.7	24.0	16.7	50.0	35.0	54.5	0.157	0.366	0.274

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	C	113	990	1064	38	3	3	0.997	-3.7
2024	HOU	C	102	882	919	36	4	5	0.996	-3.5
2024	HOU	1B	11	100	72	5	1	8	0.987	-0.8
2023	HOU	C	60	399	388	24	6	4	0.986	-3.9
2023	HOU	1B	8	63	41	4	0	11	1.000	+1.2
2022	HOU	C	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	219	16 HR, 1 SB	0.294	0.929
2022	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	267	9 HR, 1 SB	0.316	0.871
2021	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	105	11 HR, 2 SB	0.396	1.219
2021	A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Bat	258	5 HR, 1 SB	0.314	0.821
2021	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	49	1 HR, 1 SB	0.229	0.557
2021	A	nan	Bat	307	6 HR, 2 SB	0.300	0.779
2019	Rk	AZL Indians Red	Bat	88	5 HR, 0 SB	0.451	1.184
2018	Rk	AZL Indians 2	Bat	164	2 HR, 1 SB	0.355	0.890
2017	Rk	DSL Indians	Bat	162	1 HR, 0 SB	0.294	0.700

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.255	0.323	0.259	0.342
2025	0.325	0.315	0.329	0.305
2024	0.365	0.340	0.389	0.303
2023	0.301	0.400	0.427	0.314
2022	0.000	0.279	0.000	0.244

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	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	7	0	2	1	1	1	0.286	0.375	0.286	0.661
2023	7	14	1	1	0	0	5	0.071	0.071	0.071	0.143
Career	9	21	1	3	1	1	6	0.143	0.182	0.143	0.325