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
Pitches2997
PA910
AVG.296
SLG.480
ISO.184
K%17.1%
BRL%8.2%
HH%43.0%
EV90.0
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 768 | 25.6% | 94.6 | 2332 |
| Slider | 589 | 19.7% | 86.3 | 2437 |
| Sinker | 509 | 17.0% | 94.0 | 2199 |
| Sweeper | 284 | 9.5% | 82.6 | 2563 |
| Changeup | 281 | 9.4% | 84.7 | 1828 |
| Curveball | 193 | 6.4% | 79.5 | 2560 |
| Cutter | 188 | 6.3% | 89.3 | 2452 |
| Split-Finger | 94 | 3.1% | 86.2 | 1244 |
| Knuckle Curve | 65 | 2.2% | 81.8 | 2445 |
| Slurve | 14 | 0.5% | 82.3 | 2587 |
| Unknown | 5 | 0.2% | — | — |
| Other | 3 | 0.1% | 63.9 | 1603 |
| Knuckleball | 3 | 0.1% | 73.4 | 173 |
| Eephus | 1 | 0.0% | 54.0 | 1325 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 185 | .335 | .562 | .227 | 62 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 42 |
| Slider | 189 | .233 | .392 | .159 | 44 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 35 |
| Sinker | 160 | .388 | .563 | .175 | 62 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Sweeper | 85 | .282 | .506 | .224 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Changeup | 90 | .289 | .444 | .156 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Curveball | 52 | .288 | .385 | .096 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Cutter | 62 | .306 | .661 | .355 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Split-Finger | 28 | .071 | .071 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Knuckle Curve | 13 | .154 | .154 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Slurve | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 2 | .500 | .500 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Knuckleball | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eephus | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 143 | 11.2% | 53.8% | 94.1 | 16.8° | 181 | 32.2% | 25.2% | 36.4% | 6.3% |
| Slider | 157 | 6.4% | 40.8% | 88.2 | 9.9° | 150 | 21.7% | 24.8% | 48.4% | 5.1% |
| Sinker | 145 | 6.2% | 44.8% | 91.3 | 2.8° | 129 | 13.1% | 25.5% | 55.9% | 5.5% |
| Sweeper | 70 | 11.4% | 32.9% | 86.8 | 14.5° | 166 | 25.7% | 24.3% | 44.3% | 5.7% |
| Changeup | 76 | 7.9% | 38.2% | 87.9 | 4.4° | 137 | 19.7% | 25.0% | 53.9% | 1.3% |
| Curveball | 42 | 2.4% | 28.6% | 84.1 | 0.2° | 98 | 7.1% | 19.0% | 69.0% | 4.8% |
| Cutter | 55 | 16.4% | 52.7% | 94.0 | 16.1° | 211 | 36.4% | 27.3% | 34.5% | 1.8% |
| Split-Finger | 21 | 0.0% | 28.6% | 87.4 | 4.1° | 97 | 9.5% | 14.3% | 71.4% | 4.8% |
| Knuckle Curve | 7 | 0.0% | 42.9% | 92.3 | -5.7° | 116 | 0.0% | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0.0% |
| Slurve | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.6 | 11.0° | 174 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 92.5 | 35.0° | 214 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |