Yainer Diaz Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Diaz is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.081 OPS there against .621 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Diaz pulls 24.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 26.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

21 pulled, 43 up the middle and 23 the other way over 87 located batted balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Diaz walks in only 2.8% of his plate appearances, 6th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 395th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Diaz has an OPS of .461; with the bases empty it is .692.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 72 with the bases empty.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Diaz trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 25th percentile barrel rate, 86th percentile strikeout rate.

106 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 28.7% of Diaz's contact reaches 95 mph, 15th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 360th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Diaz does his damage against fastballs: a .757 OPS against them, against .542 on breaking balls.

54 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 33 on breaking balls.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Diaz finds a productive launch angle on only 24.7% of his contact, 7th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 390th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Diaz is on base at a .264 clip, 22nd percentile in the league.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 329th in MLB.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Diaz strikes out in only 15.1% of his trips, 86th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 61st in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Diaz's fly balls travel 264 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 387.

25 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.5% of Diaz's batted balls are barrelled, 25th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 315th in MLB.

The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Diaz averages 6.0 degrees off the bat: 23.5% of his contact is in the air and 57.6% of it is on the ground.

85 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Diaz slugs .442 against fastballs and .300 against breaking balls.

54 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Diaz swings it at 68.8 mph, 70th percentile bat speed in the league.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 127th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Diaz is at his worst with a runner in scoring position: a .461 OPS there against .621 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Diaz strikes out in 17.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 13.9% with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 72 with the bases empty.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Diaz's OPS+ of 76 sits 33rd percentile among hitters this season.

106 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 283rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Diaz hits it hardest up the middle: 89.3 mph on average there, against 85.2 the other way.

43 batted balls up the middle, 23 the other way.

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