Yainer Diaz
Catcher · Houston Astros · #21
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 5′ 11″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Born
- 1998-09-21
- Birthplace
- Azua Province, Dominican Republic
- Debut
- 2022
- ESPN id
- 4781491
- Source
- espn
Pitches3212
PA932
AVG.256
SLG.418
ISO.162
K%17.6%
BRL%9.5%
HH%43.9%
EV89.6
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 864 | 26.9% | 94.2 | 2286 |
| Slider | 581 | 18.1% | 86.1 | 2414 |
| Sinker | 489 | 15.2% | 93.9 | 2179 |
| Changeup | 345 | 10.7% | 84.3 | 1804 |
| Sweeper | 328 | 10.2% | 82.3 | 2562 |
| Cutter | 220 | 6.8% | 89.4 | 2379 |
| Curveball | 202 | 6.3% | 78.9 | 2564 |
| Split-Finger | 74 | 2.3% | 86.3 | 1269 |
| Knuckle Curve | 63 | 2.0% | 81.0 | 2488 |
| Slurve | 17 | 0.5% | 81.7 | 2705 |
| Other | 14 | 0.4% | 65.7 | 1563 |
| Eephus | 8 | 0.2% | 43.9 | 1079 |
| Unknown | 6 | 0.2% | — | — |
| Knuckleball | 1 | 0.0% | 86.4 | 778 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 177 | .215 | .367 | .153 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 53 |
| Slider | 169 | .290 | .479 | .189 | 49 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 25 |
| Sinker | 156 | .295 | .436 | .141 | 46 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| Changeup | 111 | .207 | .360 | .153 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| Sweeper | 101 | .198 | .248 | .050 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Cutter | 64 | .297 | .656 | .359 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Curveball | 56 | .250 | .321 | .071 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Split-Finger | 23 | .391 | .739 | .348 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Knuckle Curve | 11 | .182 | .182 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Slurve | 6 | .333 | .500 | .167 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | .667 | 1.667 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eephus | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Knuckleball | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 129 | 11.6% | 58.1% | 93.5 | 16.7° | 190 | 33.3% | 24.8% | 37.2% | 4.7% |
| Slider | 146 | 11.0% | 45.2% | 88.7 | 8.4° | 168 | 26.0% | 24.7% | 45.2% | 4.1% |
| Sinker | 146 | 6.8% | 40.4% | 89.8 | 1.8° | 120 | 11.6% | 23.3% | 62.3% | 2.7% |
| Changeup | 90 | 10.0% | 37.8% | 87.7 | 8.6° | 123 | 16.7% | 14.4% | 61.1% | 7.8% |
| Sweeper | 79 | 5.1% | 30.4% | 86.1 | 15.9° | 153 | 19.0% | 27.8% | 41.8% | 11.4% |
| Cutter | 59 | 16.9% | 44.1% | 91.4 | 18.4° | 193 | 37.3% | 15.3% | 37.3% | 10.2% |
| Curveball | 42 | 4.8% | 47.6% | 91.6 | 6.2° | 137 | 11.9% | 31.0% | 54.8% | 2.4% |
| Split-Finger | 18 | 11.1% | 33.3% | 84.1 | -0.1° | 125 | 16.7% | 22.2% | 61.1% | 0.0% |
| Knuckle Curve | 8 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 79.2 | 6.5° | 137 | 25.0% | 12.5% | 50.0% | 12.5% |
| Slurve | 5 | 0.0% | 60.0% | 86.2 | 2.0° | 171 | 40.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 3 | 33.3% | 100.0% | 107.5 | 13.3° | 233 | 33.3% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Eephus | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7 | -38.0° | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Knuckleball | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 105.0 | 7.0° | 125 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |