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
Pitches1146
PA357
AVG.284
SLG.457
ISO.173
K%15.7%
BRL%7.0%
HH%39.0%
EV89.3
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 274 | 23.9% | 94.8 | 2293 |
| Sinker | 224 | 19.5% | 94.6 | 2207 |
| Slider | 189 | 16.5% | 86.5 | 2424 |
| Sweeper | 116 | 10.1% | 83.2 | 2658 |
| Changeup | 115 | 10.0% | 84.7 | 1730 |
| Cutter | 91 | 7.9% | 89.8 | 2352 |
| Curveball | 66 | 5.8% | 79.2 | 2500 |
| Split-Finger | 34 | 3.0% | 84.6 | 1159 |
| Knuckle Curve | 32 | 2.8% | 82.4 | 2520 |
| Slurve | 2 | 0.2% | 80.7 | 2593 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.1% | — | — |
| Eephus | 1 | 0.1% | 54.0 | 1325 |
| Other | 1 | 0.1% | 62.7 | 1612 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 69 | .261 | .493 | .232 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| Sinker | 62 | .339 | .500 | .161 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Slider | 61 | .328 | .574 | .246 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Sweeper | 40 | .200 | .200 | .000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Changeup | 46 | .348 | .500 | .152 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Cutter | 31 | .226 | .355 | .129 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Curveball | 15 | .133 | .200 | .067 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Split-Finger | 9 | .222 | .889 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Knuckle Curve | 7 | .286 | .286 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slurve | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eephus | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 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 | 47 | 8.5% | 46.8% | 91.1 | 17.3° | 188 | 23.4% | 31.9% | 34.0% | 10.6% |
| Sinker | 55 | 5.5% | 29.1% | 88.3 | 0.1° | 113 | 10.9% | 23.6% | 61.8% | 3.6% |
| Slider | 52 | 13.5% | 38.5% | 89.4 | 5.4° | 150 | 17.3% | 28.8% | 50.0% | 3.8% |
| Sweeper | 36 | 5.6% | 44.4% | 91.2 | 16.8° | 139 | 25.0% | 13.9% | 50.0% | 11.1% |
| Changeup | 41 | 2.4% | 46.3% | 91.6 | 6.8° | 126 | 14.6% | 17.1% | 63.4% | 4.9% |
| Cutter | 28 | 3.6% | 39.3% | 88.6 | 8.9° | 127 | 10.7% | 17.9% | 60.7% | 10.7% |
| Curveball | 14 | 0.0% | 28.6% | 82.1 | -6.0° | 78 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 85.7% | 0.0% |
| Split-Finger | 7 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 84.3 | 7.1° | 172 | 42.9% | 0.0% | 57.1% | 0.0% |
| Knuckle Curve | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 78.3 | -9.8° | 88 | 16.7% | 16.7% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 97.8 | 13.0° | 223 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |