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
Pitches3110
PA946
AVG.297
SLG.486
ISO.189
K%17.0%
BRL%8.4%
HH%43.3%
EV90.1
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 791 | 25.4% | 94.6 | 2329 |
| Slider | 611 | 19.6% | 86.3 | 2436 |
| Sinker | 538 | 17.3% | 94.0 | 2203 |
| Sweeper | 296 | 9.5% | 82.5 | 2573 |
| Changeup | 290 | 9.3% | 84.6 | 1822 |
| Curveball | 202 | 6.5% | 79.5 | 2550 |
| Cutter | 195 | 6.3% | 89.2 | 2451 |
| Split-Finger | 94 | 3.0% | 86.2 | 1244 |
| Knuckle Curve | 67 | 2.2% | 81.8 | 2438 |
| 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 | 189 | .339 | .577 | .238 | 64 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 44 |
| Slider | 196 | .240 | .423 | .184 | 47 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 36 |
| Sinker | 167 | .383 | .551 | .168 | 64 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Sweeper | 90 | .278 | .489 | .211 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Changeup | 96 | .302 | .469 | .167 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Curveball | 54 | .278 | .370 | .093 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Cutter | 66 | .288 | .621 | .333 | 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 | 145 | 11.7% | 54.5% | 94.1 | 16.7° | 182 | 32.4% | 24.8% | 36.6% | 6.2% |
| Slider | 163 | 8.0% | 42.3% | 88.6 | 9.9° | 153 | 21.5% | 25.8% | 47.9% | 4.9% |
| Sinker | 151 | 6.0% | 45.0% | 91.3 | 2.5° | 125 | 12.6% | 24.5% | 57.6% | 5.3% |
| Sweeper | 74 | 10.8% | 31.1% | 86.5 | 14.6° | 168 | 27.0% | 24.3% | 43.2% | 5.4% |
| Changeup | 82 | 7.3% | 37.8% | 88.4 | 4.9° | 137 | 18.3% | 25.6% | 53.7% | 2.4% |
| Curveball | 44 | 2.3% | 27.3% | 83.4 | -0.5° | 96 | 6.8% | 18.2% | 70.5% | 4.5% |
| Cutter | 59 | 15.3% | 54.2% | 94.2 | 16.5° | 213 | 35.6% | 28.8% | 33.9% | 1.7% |
| 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% |